On 27/05/10 12:17, Sorin Srbu wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Tyler J. Wagner [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 1:00 PM >> To: [email protected]; [email protected] >> 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-)
Will using ext2 instead of ext3 speed up backuppc? cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis [email protected] Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
