> > On Wed, May 07, 2003 at 08:00:49PM -1000, Warren Togami wrote: > > > I personally think that one swap and one large / partition > > > is good for almost every desktop and server. There are some > > > special cases like wanting to separate a cache partition > > > mounting with noatime and other performance increasing options > > > for squid server, but otherwise separating / into multiple > > > partitions just isn't needed for most people. > > > > I use noatime on all write partitions unless there is a mail > > client that needs to read atime for biff-like (mail arrival > > detection) features. > > > > Another reason for multiple partitions these days is it can help > > reduce the time it takes to fsck the filesystems after a really > > bad system crash. > > > > -Vince > I thought noatime was a typo. Guess I need to look it up!
That noatime seems to hve great implications for a squid cache. I will have to do more research on this speed tune. That would be something else to do a speed test on. Anyone else who is interested you can look at this link. http://en.tldp.org/LDP/solrhe/Securing-Optimizing-Linux-RH-Edition-v1.3/chap6sec73.html -Matt
