Ian W Douglas wrote:
>
> Hey all.
>
> How do I control the caching on my file system (ie: increase it or turn it
> off)?
>
> Why?
>
> Well, our server is plagued with power problems and until we can justify a
> few hundred bcks for a UPS, I'd like the system to write everything to
> disk right away ... no cached delayed writing.
>
write "0-59/5 * * * * root sync" in /etc/crontab, it'll
syncing cache
(ie flush it to disk) every five minutes
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