Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 19:26:43 -0400 From: "Otter" <otterr@telocity.com> To: "Daniel Domengeaux" <freebsd@supa-fly.org>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: softupdates (was Re: df -k) Message-ID: <HLEDJBJKDDPDJBMGCLPPEEPECEAA.otterr@telocity.com> In-Reply-To: <03d601c02f1c$2fa1da60$cd2710d1@comspace.com>
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}-----Original Message----- }From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG }[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Daniel }Domengeaux }Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 6:32 PM }To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG }Subject: OT: softupdates (was Re: df -k) } } }> 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 } Daniel, Follow the link listed in /usr/src/sys/ufs/ffs/README.softupdates or maybe find someone with docs from before softupdates were incorporated into a base install. I remember a lengthy, informative README back when it was in the contrib section. -Otter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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