On 27/05/10 12:17, Sorin Srbu wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tyler J. Wagner [mailto:tyler AT tolaris DOT com]
>> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 1:00 PM
>> To: backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net; sorin.srbu AT orgfarm.uu 
>> DOT se
>> Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] speed up backups
>>
>> On Thursday 27 May 2010 11:13:29 Sorin Srbu wrote:
>>> Looked into file system optimization again, while waiting for a backup to
>>> finish. Seems like "noatime" is a recommended setting in /etc/fstab. If I
>>> already have "defaults" set for the backup-array mount, and add
> "noatime",
>>> should I still keep "defaults"? Or is it implied that the defaults are
> not
>>> to be used anymore and therefore one can omit it in /etc/fstab?
>>>
>>> My file system-fu is not that strong... 8-/
>>
>> Replace "defaults" with "noatime" or better, "noatime,nodiratime".
>>
>> Then just remount, you don't need to reboot:
>>
>> mount -o remount /
>>
>> Replace / with the appropriate filesystem. I have a separate /var and
>> /var/local for backuppc.
>
> Thanks. Just what I suspected.
>
> Nodiratime is new to me though. I can't say I've come upon it before. I'll
> try it at home first. 8-)

Will using ext2 instead of ext3 speed up backuppc?

cheers

Chris
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Chris Dennis                                  cgdennis AT btinternet DOT com
Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK

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