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Date:      Thu, 4 Nov 1999 14:43:39 -0800 (PST)
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        Michael Beckmann <petzi@apfel.de>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: kern.update vs. syncer
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9911041440560.12797-100000@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <19991104214310.A22632@apfel.de>

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On Thu, 4 Nov 1999, Michael Beckmann wrote:

> Hi,
>=20
> in earlier versions, there was a parameter kern.update, changeable
> through sysctl. This seems to be gone. How can I change the interval
> in which the disks are sync=B4ed ?
>=20
> The search engine on the FreeBSD web pages didn=B4t help with this,
> maybe it doesn=B4t like the dot. It gave me lots of irrelevant results,
> searching for kern.update.

I'm pretty sure we don't 'sync' every 30 seconds anymore, we have
a 'trickle sync' that flushes buffers constantly to avoid bursty
disk activity.

I could be wrong... anyone?

-Alfred




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