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. Regards, Tyler -- "Any lawyer worth his salt will tell the suspect in no uncertain terms to make no statement to police under any circumstances." -- Justice Robert Jackson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
