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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!cs.mu.OZ.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!solace!nntp.se.dataphone.net!nntp.uio.no!news.maxwell.syr.edu!EU.net!Ireland.EU.net!Ireland.EU.net!not-for-mail From: nick@eunet.ie (Nick Hilliard) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.sys.sgi.misc Subject: Re: no such thing as a "general user community" Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.sys.sgi.misc Date: 20 Mar 1997 18:27:07 -0000 Organization: The Flapjack Factory Lines: 11 Message-ID: <5grvhr$g3d@ezekiel.eunet.ie> References: <331BB7DD.28EC@net5.net> <5gn3ig$83d@flea.best.net> <5goqrq$5ak$1@news.clinet.fi> <5gpcf9$767@flea.best.net> <5grhf8$7d6$1@news.clinet.fi> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.ieunet.ie X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37545 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:6429 comp.sys.sgi.misc:29363 Mika Ruohotie (mickey@cantina.clinet.fi) said: : what's the difference if one runs the ffs async,noatime? atleast i noticed : that even on eide it makes it faster and causes less noise... This depends on what sort of noise you're talking about: the normal disk grinding noise if you run the partition(s) sync, or shrieks of anguish if the machine crashes when the disk is running async. The speed difference is quite noticeable, though. Nick