You might want to grep the sources and see if atime is referenced. I think you'll find it is, in important programs too. Regards. On Fri, May 12, 2000 at 08:40:26AM -0700, Chin Fang wrote: > I would like to boost the queue IO performance on our mail servers > running qmail 1.03. Both mail servers are SUN boxes running > Solaris 7. > > According to Solaris documentation, starting from Solaris 7, the mount > has the noatime option available. > > Quoted: > > Suppresses access time updates on files, except when > they coincide with updates to the ctime or mtime. > See stat(2). This option reduces disk activity on file > systems where access times are unimportant (for > example, a Usenet news spool). The default is normal > access time (atime) recording. > > I did some reading of the qmail source. It seems to me that turning > on this option wouldn't hurt. However, I prefer not to try on our > production mail servers. So, I would be very appreciative for a > confirmation from anyone who has used this option with good results. > While I am at it, how about the logging option too? > > Regards, > > Chin Fang > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
