Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 03 Jun 1996 07:10:33 -0400 | From | James Hughes <> | Subject | Re: No atime |
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Alan Cox wrote: > > I'd make two observations > > 1. Usenet is such an obnoxious special case its worth supporting for > spool disks > > 2. Someone try noatime and measure laptop battery life. > > ALan
Hi All,
I placed the database for Norton Administrator for Networks on a Linux box a few months ago. The metering agent runs on the client box and caches the license data, monitoring the database for changes.
The NAN agent would trigger a read of the database each time the file was accessed, so I had 30 or so nodes updating their cache eache time one of them READ the database. All the real RAM (8Mb) was consumed and 14Mb or so of swapfile.
This patch would have been a lifesaver for me in that case! I do realize the importance of closely following standards, but we should be able to support special cases as needed. That's just one of the many advantages of Linux, right!
BTW: My system ran for a couple of days under the load before I was able to make other arrangements for the NAN database. While it slowed things down a bit, everyone was able to access their shares on the server.
James Hughes
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