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Date:      Thu, 5 Oct 2000 17:32:16 -0500
From:      "Daniel Domengeaux" <freebsd@supa-fly.org>
To:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   OT: softupdates (was Re: df -k)
Message-ID:  <03d601c02f1c$2fa1da60$cd2710d1@comspace.com>
References:  <HLEDJBJKDDPDJBMGCLPPMEPBCEAA.otterr@telocity.com>

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> BUT... keeping in mind that the best thing about Unix-like OSes is
> their flexibility, the free space can be changed. man tunefs for your
> options, but remember that if you want more space, you'll get less
> speed. You want more speed from tunefs? You get less space.
> Personally, I'd recommend leaving it alone. Softupdates gives enough
> of a performance boost without eating up disk space... just my two
> cents.
> -Otter

i enabled softupdates a few days ago and have noticed a slight increase in
performance but am just curious to know if anyone has any benchmarks
actually showing the difference between having them enabled and not.

-daniel




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