Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 14:24:29 +0100 From: Rasputin <rara.rasputin@virgin.net> To: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: question on BSD tweaks (daemonnews article) Message-ID: <20010801142428.A60605@shaft.techsupport.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20010801140842.A13836@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>; from jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org on Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 02:08:42PM %2B0100 References: <20010801140842.A13836@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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* j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> [010801 14:17]: > > In the article in Daemonnews on tuning a BSD box for high performance, there > were 2 miscellaneous tweaks mentioned. One was partition layout, and the > other was turning on 'noatime' for most of the partitions. > > What partition layout strategies are suggested for servers? For > workstations? > > I have noatime turned on for my root partition. What other partitions can > use this setting for servers? And for workstations? Does it have any > downside? I think 'man tuning' says that noatime can mess up applications that use the modification time in their logic. (I wouldn't put it on /var, but that's mainly superstition) -- Turnaucka's Law: The attention span of a computer is only as long as its electrical cord. Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns :: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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