[OpenAFS] mounting lots of volumes quickly

Frank Burkhardt fbo2@gmx.net
Thu, 3 Apr 2003 10:19:34 +0200


Hi,

On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 08:47:46AM +0200, Hartmut Reuter wrote:
> There is nothing special with the volumes if you run your server built 
> with --enable-fast-restart and --enable-bitmap-later. Fast restart only 
> skips salvaging after a crash which can save much time, but only after a 
> fileserver or machine crash.Bitmap later means that the bitmap of used 
> and free vnodes in main memory is built not at start time of the 
> fileserver but only when its needed the first time. You can switch at 
> any time between fileserver binaries compiled with or without these options.
Is there a reason for --enable-bitmap-later not being default?

Regards,

Frank