Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:27:55 -0800 From: "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com> To: <tsikora@powerusersbbs.com>, "FreeBSD Stable" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: SOFTUPDATES Message-ID: <000001bf4b6b$c07acb40$021d85d1@youwant.to> In-Reply-To: <385EFAEF.5F286795@home.com>
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> Is anyone running the SOFTUPDATES option with Stable? I just enabled it > and was wondering if there are any issues I should be aware of > performance wise. Any problems? I enabled it for the /usr > filesystem. Any reason why / is not specifically recommended? I've been quite happy with softupdates on my STABLE machines. I see the biggest performance improvements in file extractions from tarballs. Enabling softupdates on / is not recommended primarily because that filesystem is not frequently written to. Another reason not to enable softupdates on / is that you may not have enough free space to do a 'make world' (softupdates delays the returning of empty space to the filesystem). One final reason is possible increased risk. DS To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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