atom feed19 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-mobileRe: Extreme filesystem sloth
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Harry PutnamNov 27, 2001 10:16 pm 
Daniel O'ConnorNov 27, 2001 10:28 pm 
Robert BlacquièreNov 27, 2001 10:42 pm 
Harry PutnamNov 27, 2001 10:52 pm 
Brian T.SchellenbergerNov 27, 2001 11:12 pm 
Greg LeheyNov 27, 2001 11:32 pm 
Alfred PerlsteinNov 27, 2001 11:34 pm 
Daniel O'ConnorNov 28, 2001 12:03 am 
Harry PutnamNov 28, 2001 2:21 am 
Daniel O'ConnorNov 28, 2001 5:15 am 
Jeremiah GowdyNov 28, 2001 6:53 am 
Chris FaulhaberNov 28, 2001 6:55 am 
Chad R. LarsonNov 28, 2001 2:42 pm 
Chad R. LarsonNov 28, 2001 9:27 pm 
John UtzNov 29, 2001 1:08 pm 
Scott LambertNov 29, 2001 1:09 pm 
G.E. RafeNov 29, 2001 1:59 pm 
Torfinn IngolfsenNov 29, 2001 2:00 pm 
Daniel O'ConnorNov 29, 2001 3:54 pm 
Subject:Re: Extreme filesystem sloth
From:Greg Lehey (gr@FreeBSD.org)
Date:Nov 27, 2001 11:32:35 pm
List:org.freebsd.freebsd-mobile

On Tuesday, 27 November 2001 at 22:52:22 -0800, Harry Putnam wrote:

"Daniel O'Connor" <doco@gsoft.com.au> writes:

On 28-Nov-2001 Harry Putnam wrote:

4.3-STABLE on a Toshiba 4005 (Pentium II 233mhz)

Let me preface these remarks with a comment to set the tone. This is not an attempt at starting a religous war a la linux vs FreeBSD.

I suspect what I see is the result of poor or misguided configs on my part but have no clue what things to look at.

Turn softupdates on. (man tunefs)

Possibly also turn write caching on if it is off. (man ata)

OK, thanks Daniel. Look like good clues. I'm eager to try them out. Do you think these things will improve things quite noticably?

If both of these are off and you turn them on, then yes, the peformance will improve by an order of magnitude.

Greg

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