[OpenAFS] recommended UFS parameters for cache partition?
Ted Creedon
tcreedon@easystreet.net
Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:51:15 -0600
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Not necessarily true with on disk caching
Disk heads dont recal after every seek
On Tuesday, December 27, 2011, chas williams - CONTRACTOR <
chas@cmf.nrl.navy.mil> wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Dec 2011 15:16:16 -0500 (EST)
> Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@MIT.EDU> wrote:
>
>
>> (Or should I just not worry about it and assume that any potential
>> improvements would be lost in the noise?)
>
> other than i believe you still cannot use journaling on the caching
> partition, there isnt much to do.
>
> however, as with all disks, the closer to the beginning of the disk
> the faster the filesystem will perform. this is why people now suggest
> putting swap at the beginning of the disk (ignoring any tiny boot
> partitions you might need).
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<br>Not necessarily true with on disk caching<br><br>Disk heads dont recal =
after every seek<br><br>On Tuesday, December 27, 2011, chas williams - CONT=
RACTOR <<a href=3D"mailto:chas@cmf.nrl.navy.mil">chas@cmf.nrl.navy.mil</=
a>> wrote:<br>
> On Mon, 26 Dec 2011 15:16:16 -0500 (EST)<br>> Benjamin Kaduk <<a=
href=3D"mailto:kaduk@MIT.EDU">kaduk@MIT.EDU</a>> wrote:<br>><br>>=
<br>>> (Or should I just not worry about it and assume that any poten=
tial<br>
>> improvements would be lost in the noise?)<br>><br>> other th=
an i believe you still cannot use journaling on the caching<br>> partiti=
on, there isnt much to do.<br>><br>> however, as with all disks, the =
closer to the beginning of the disk<br>
> the faster the filesystem will perform. =A0this is why people now sugg=
est<br>> putting swap at the beginning of the disk (ignoring any tiny bo=
ot<br>> partitions you might need).<br>> ____________________________=
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