Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:03:56 -0700 From: Christopher Cowart <ccowart@rescomp.berkeley.edu> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Lots of accounting data Message-ID: <20080813190356.GY71785@hal.rescomp.berkeley.edu> In-Reply-To: <20080813145945.80d08986.wmoran@potentialtech.com> References: <20080813184603.GA25990@hal.rescomp.berkeley.edu> <20080813145945.80d08986.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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--nov/FvmP1ZEqD5bX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Bill Moran wrote: > In response to Christopher Cowart <ccowart@rescomp.berkeley.edu>: >> I only really see two options, neither of which I particularly like: >> * Throw more disk at the problem (but given what I've seen, I don't >> like the odds that within a month or two, I'll realize I didn't give >> it enough). >> * Turn off accounting on these boxes. >=20 > * Rotate and compress more frequently; and store less history? The compressed history amounts to nothing in comparison (1.5GB per file as opposed to 17GB). I suppose I could configure our hourly logrotate to replace the functionality of /etc/periodic/daily/310.accounting. Sounds like a viable solution to me. Thanks, --=20 Chris Cowart Network Technical Lead Network & Infrastructure Services, RSSP-IT UC Berkeley --nov/FvmP1ZEqD5bX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iQIcBAEBAwAGBQJIozAcAAoJEIGh6j3cHUNPxs0QAL0O+7tjmRf0HEtGrfhoHVVv PqRXAh00KQIrAAEVdDPTJ3Q83vyQflJQ63jpKkxdSdP8ddGbs/Qf+MhbOFiLhRVO skeJycgB9PgReG59UgNn3s63HdA62nxeRGbPpeNv9Ui06w5uZ/OrKMZlfWIH2S7T 3DkC5XXzMpXzxjhWdKVsN0JcDhA6zY2o6EuFuAv6HsEFof9Da5BDNELWgmT4sigJ A8VSGS1bQUCHXtv5ocjbHlGDH8HSkOpWs/6ezNUK5sT7psW/6bm9lXjrzhTa78a6 ZEHADIuR6uaNHIyVbGuM91OagIlRJtL9liI26L//4DH8BJe4Ykqr8qDKDHhNwroD +7qtCSzi1mcoFimrdEefgvkWzl1ODGUsXIOUoCQwdlg+4E6L5Way/ILHdpH26VwL JHmVqhWQSJLGvsCk2dQS3PJ1UDRNsx/O205I5avRr8OEAPpIeVHUuW5akcq/HmVb gDj75CoWVWA/J5HP2cIC+U9aYihEqO83ZOv2oYtk6dcJSMZDSIZDyAT11Og9dJmB Sg19W3cppBVI/6vsdV1G77OnGLPe4y85hVTOZ0wJTTVkZ1P9Fy7RZ/+wS6/bSvEk 4/DAFVsFA6h05yor7q1EJ6u3VjqIanJnVcEluB36Fbc9yBOTjyyS9qg+lgdKug8r 4ckwg9V1X54lH6/bSp1z =/xsV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nov/FvmP1ZEqD5bX--
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