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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!newspump.sol.net!iag.net!news.magicnet.net!news.cdsnet.net!not-for-mail From: mrcpu@schizo.cdsnet.net (Jaye Mathisen) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD as news-server?? Date: 17 Oct 1996 23:47:26 GMT Organization: CDS Internet Lines: 14 Message-ID: <546gie$n0p@news.cdsnet.net> References: <537ddl$3cc@amd40.wecs.org> <53ucuj$8qh@twwells.com> <540dos$asu@jingoro.prevmed.sunysb.edu> <54398m$img@twwells.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: schizo.cdsnet.net In article <54398m$img@twwells.com>, T. William Wells <bill@twwells.com> wrote: >In article <540dos$asu@jingoro.prevmed.sunysb.edu>, >mount -u -o async > >I think will do it; it's in the man page anyway. But I don't know >if it makes much difference, though I do run that way. Most of the >time is spent in *reading* the directory -- one has to do that in >order to determine if the file already exists. Async writes don't >help there. Should help with updating the metadata for the last access time if under heavy read load.