From owner-freebsd-current Fri Mar 31 13:59:39 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [198.78.58.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30B0737BA58 for ; Fri, 31 Mar 2000 13:59:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fullermd@futuresouth.com) Received: (from fullermd@localhost) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id PAA26407; Fri, 31 Mar 2000 15:59:23 -0600 (CST) Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 15:59:23 -0600 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Brad Knowles Cc: Matthew Dillon , Andy Farkas , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMP buildworld times / performance tests Message-ID: <20000331155923.F10480@futuresouth.com> References: <200003300604.WAA68031@apollo.backplane.com> <20000330174453.D10480@futuresouth.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre3i In-Reply-To: X-OS: FreeBSD Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Mar 31, 2000 at 12:24:27PM +0200, a little birdie told me that Brad Knowles remarked > At 5:44 PM -0600 2000/3/30, Matthew D. Fuller wrote: > > > Does softupdates provide faster performance than async/noatime? I keep > > /usr/src and /usr/obj as such, would it be faster with softupdates? And > > if so, why? > > Of course, once you ask this question, the next logical one that > follows is "what happens if you do all three?" TTBOMK, nothing, as softupdates will override the other two. -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Unix Systems Administrator | fullermd@futuresouth.com Specializing in FreeBSD | http://www.over-yonder.net/ "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message