[OpenAFS] recommended UFS parameters for cache partition?

chas williams - CONTRACTOR chas@cmf.nrl.navy.mil
Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:43:34 -0500


information is generally denser on the outer tracks because there is
simply more space for data which requires less seeks.

On Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:51:15 -0600
Ted Creedon <tcreedon@easystreet.net> wrote:

> 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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