Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:45:22 -0800 From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com> Cc: tsikora@powerusersbbs.com, "FreeBSD Stable" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: SOFTUPDATES Message-ID: <199912210445.UAA55672@cwsys.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:27:55 PST." <000001bf4b6b$c07acb40$021d85d1@youwant.to>
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In message <000001bf4b6b$c07acb40$021d85d1@youwant.to>, "David Schwartz" writes
:
>
> > Is anyone running the SOFTUPDATES option with Stable? I just enabled it
> > and was wondering if there are any issues I should be aware of
> > performance wise. Any problems? I enabled it for the /usr
> > filesystem. Any reason why / is not specifically recommended?
>
> I've been quite happy with softupdates on my STABLE machines. I see the
> biggest performance improvements in file extractions from tarballs.
>
> Enabling softupdates on / is not recommended primarily because that
> filesystem is not frequently written to. Another reason not to enable
> softupdates on / is that you may not have enough free space to do a 'make
> world' (softupdates delays the returning of empty space to the filesystem).
> One final reason is possible increased risk.
I've enabled softupdates on / (/ being a 750 MB filesystem, about 60%
full, containing /, /usr, and /var) on a couple machines at work. I
also use softupdates on one of my machines at home, however on that
system I do not use softupdates on / and /usr (on different disks)
because they're hardly written to. I've had no problems with data
integrity or system availability due to softupdates (knock on wood).
Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437
Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766
Sun/DEC Team, UNIX Group Internet: Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca
ITSD
Province of BC
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