Re: Estimates taking a long time.

[Colin Smith]

On 21 Jul 2001, Marc SCHAEFER wrote:

> Colin Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > I'm running backups on 3 Linux systems, one of the systems is a Cobalt
> > Qube. All the backups are done using GNU tar. It works OK but the
> 
> try remounting those fs noatime during estimates:
> 
>    mount / -o remount,noatime

Already mounted noatime. It's a news server. I've run a trace on tar as it
scans the filesystem. The problem is readdir reading the dirent
structures on the directories holding large groups.

regards,
Colin Smith.