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Date:      Wed, 28 Nov 2001 15:42:49 -0700
From:      "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com>
To:        Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>
Cc:        freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Extreme filesystem sloth
Message-ID:  <20011128154249.A15781@freeway.dcfinc.com>
In-Reply-To: <m1667vpeu1.fsf@reader.newsguy.com>; from reader@newsguy.com on Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 10:52:22PM -0800
References:  <XFMail.20011128165908.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <m1667vpeu1.fsf@reader.newsguy.com>

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On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 10:52:22PM -0800, Harry Putnam wrote:
> "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> writes:
>> 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?

Almost scary fast for some things.

Like, after turning softupdates on things like "chown -R" happen so
fast you're not sure it did anything.

	-crl
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