Disabling atime

Rahul Sundaram sundaram at fedoraproject.org
Sat Aug 11 17:51:29 UTC 2007


Benjamin Lewis wrote:
> 
> Les Mikesell wrote:
>> I'd expect the RedHat-style approach to this to be: add some file
>> under /etc/sysconfig like mount-options that contains options that can
>> be merged with the ones in /etc/fstab and all of the magic
>> automounting bits (this is probably as important on usb flash drives
>> as anywhere).
>>
>> [snip]
>>
> There is something which leap out at me as soon a I saw this: the kind
> of person who _needs_ atime, knows how to set it. The majority of people
> - especially the home use - has little or no use for it whatsoever.

The majority of people will see a performance boost they will appreciate 
regardless of whether they know about atime or not.

Rahul




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