Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 12:26:00 +0100 From: "Ben C. O. Grimm" <Ben.Grimm@wirehub.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Using Softupdates on root partition? Message-ID: <o0j37soslqr0kjpq8s81dm971oa4q322lq@smtp.wirehub.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001031022170.54926-100000@tetron02.tetronsoftware.com.newsgate.clinet.fi> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001031022170.54926-100000@tetron02.tetronsoftware.com.newsgate.clinet.fi>
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On 3 Jan 2000 18:25:53 +0200, Gene Harris <zeus@tetronsoftware.com> wrote: > It is "safe" to enable softupdates on the root partition? > I have been experimenting with softupdates on my data > partitions and /usr for a while with nice results. I have > hesitated using it on /. There is no added value in using softupdates on /. Softupdates performs best on disks with a lot of meta activity, like file creation, file deletion, directory creation etc. This is typically never the case in /. -- - Ben C. O. Grimm ----------------- Ben.Grimm@wirehub.net - - Wirehub! Internet Engineering - http://www.wirehub.net/ - - Wirehub! Backbone --- http://doema.wirehub.net/wirehub/ - - Private Ponderings ------- http://libertas.wirehub.net/ - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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