Alan McKinnon wrote: > You have software compiled in the kernel, not as a module the, right?
Correct. > A reduce might be a different case altogether. BUT, it's not an > especially different operation to a defrag on Windows, and I have yet > to see a Windows admin debate whether he should defrag or not based on > the possibility of losing power halfway through... I only ever defrag drives that are either on a laptop, or a server with a UPS. You can't be too careful on Windows... > emerged openoffice lately? :-) Nope, only openoffice-bin. Can't see a reason to have the fan of my laptop blow like hell for 12 hours in a row, when I can have it in a few seconds :-) The /var/tmp/portage argument is still a valid one, though. > Performance wise, it does well. The LVM and mdamd layers do their work > in a fraction of the time it takes to get the data on/off the disk > platters. In fact, Linux software usually outperforms most of those > stupid el-cheapo we-say-it's-hardware-raid-but-actually-isn't raid > controllers in low end hardware Thanks a lot for your feedback. I think you and Neil triggered yet another server reorganization (but it seems like this will be the last one). -- Remy
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