Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 14:43:39 -0800 (PST) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Michael Beckmann <petzi@apfel.de> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kern.update vs. syncer Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9911041440560.12797-100000@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <19991104214310.A22632@apfel.de>
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On Thu, 4 Nov 1999, Michael Beckmann wrote: > Hi, >=20 > in earlier versions, there was a parameter kern.update, changeable > through sysctl. This seems to be gone. How can I change the interval > in which the disks are sync=B4ed ? >=20 > The search engine on the FreeBSD web pages didn=B4t help with this, > maybe it doesn=B4t like the dot. It gave me lots of irrelevant results, > searching for kern.update. I'm pretty sure we don't 'sync' every 30 seconds anymore, we have a 'trickle sync' that flushes buffers constantly to avoid bursty disk activity. I could be wrong... anyone? -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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