On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 01:17:49PM +0200, Sorin Srbu wrote: > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Tyler J. Wagner [mailto:ty...@tolaris.com] > >Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 1:00 PM > >To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net; sorin.s...@orgfarm.uu.se > >Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] speed up backups > > > >On Thursday 27 May 2010 11:13:29 Sorin Srbu wrote: > >> Looked into file system optimization again, while waiting for a backup to > >> finish. Seems like "noatime" is a recommended setting in /etc/fstab. If I > >> already have "defaults" set for the backup-array mount, and add > "noatime", > >> should I still keep "defaults"? Or is it implied that the defaults are > not > >> to be used anymore and therefore one can omit it in /etc/fstab? > >> > >> My file system-fu is not that strong... 8-/ > > > >Replace "defaults" with "noatime" or better, "noatime,nodiratime". > > > >Then just remount, you don't need to reboot: > > > >mount -o remount / > > > >Replace / with the appropriate filesystem. I have a separate /var and > >/var/local for backuppc. > > Thanks. Just what I suspected. > > Nodiratime is new to me though. I can't say I've come upon it before. I'll > try it at home first. 8-) >
It was for me to, but I see the following mentioned in several places: "noatime is a superset of nodiratime" That would imply, setting nodiratime with noatime doesn't add anything. > -- > /Sorin > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/