From bc58a19f1d363d2bb76ef8da5795f5e67ef7f8f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Murray Stokely Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 07:35:37 +0000 Subject: Note that it might not be a good idea to mount /var 'noatime'. PR: docs/30675 Submitted by: Eugene M. Kim , and Giorgos Keramidas --- share/man/man7/tuning.7 | 11 +++++++---- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'share') diff --git a/share/man/man7/tuning.7 b/share/man/man7/tuning.7 index dc623d41ec5a..821dd0513397 100644 --- a/share/man/man7/tuning.7 +++ b/share/man/man7/tuning.7 @@ -211,10 +211,13 @@ basis the buffer cache can wind up getting polluted with atime updates, creating a burden on the system. For example, if you are running a heavily loaded web site, or a news server with lots of readers, you might want to consider turning off atime updates on your larger partitions with this -mount option. Do not gratuitously turn off atime updates everywhere.. for -example, you might as well leave them turned on for mostly read-only -partitions such as / and /usr (especially for / since some system utilities -use the atime field for reporting). +mount option. However, you should not gratuitously turn off atime +updates everywhere. For example, the /var filesystem customarily +holds mailboxes, and atime (in combination with mtime) is used to +determine whether a mailbox has new mail. You might as well leave +atime turned on for mostly read-only partitions such as / and /usr +as well. This is especially useful for / since some system utilities +use the atime field for reporting. .Sh STRIPING DISKS In larger systems you can stripe partitions from several drives together to create a much larger overall partition. Striping can also improve -- cgit v1.3