Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 20:54:53 +0300 From: Alexandr Kovalenko <never@nevermind.kiev.ua> To: Ian <freebsd@damnhippie.dyndns.org> Cc: freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: filesystem performance (was: enable/disable softupdates in rc init idea) Message-ID: <20020516175453.GA7239@nevermind.kiev.ua> In-Reply-To: <B907F13B.D021%freebsd@damnhippie.dyndns.org> References: <20020515204323.G19317-100000@woozle.rinet.ru> <B907F13B.D021%freebsd@damnhippie.dyndns.org>
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Hello, Ian! On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 11:04:28AM -0600, you wrote: > >> But I've always been under the impression that softupdates helps with write > >> performance, especially writing filesystem metadata, and very little writing > >> happens on my root filesystems, I believe. > > > > A bit of. If you mount / with atime turned off. And if not -- each time > > you access e.g. /etc/resolv.conf.... > > > > Sincerely, > > D.Marck [DM5020, DM268-RIPE, DM3-RIPN] > > I use the noatime option on all my filesystems. If anyone knows of a good > reason to not do that, feel free to let me know. (Other than the obvious > reason, of course, that I can't see when a file was last accessed; I've > decided I can live without ever knowing that.) Mail clients. To determine mail arrival. -- NEVE-RIPE To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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