Very cool! Thanx! Tim Rainier Information Services, Kalsec, INC [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Chris Robertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 10/11/2005 06:09:53 PM: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 1:20 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [squid-users] Which the best OS for Squid? > > > > > > First off, there's no possible way my cache would "fill" the '/' > > partition. There's a cache size directive in squid that's > > designed to > > limit the amount of disk space usage. > > Not to mention the fact that I have a utility script that > > runs every 15 > > minutes, which pages me if partitions are >= to 90% their > > capacity. I > > mean, honestly, who would run a 146GB cache? > > > > Second off, it's a performance thing. The fact is, the box > > and the web > > run quite fine. This was a test server that was thrown into > > production > > because it works. > > My plans to upgrade the device are set, I'm just trying to > > find the time > > to do them. :-) > > > > Thirdly, can someone PLEASE answer my question about setting "/" to > > 'noatime', as opposed to avoiding it by telling me how and > > why what I'm > > doing > > is stupid? > > > > Once again, are there pitfalls to having '/' set to 'noatime'? > > > > :-) > > > > Tim Rainier > > Information Services, Kalsec, INC > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Simple solutions: don't set noatime in fstab. Just set it for the cache dir. > http://www.faqs.org/docs/securing/chap6sec73.html > > As for pitfalls, I don't really see any outside of forensics. All > the atime option does is keep track of when a file is read (accessed). > > Chris
