> > the proposed solution has (more or less) no effect. > > Because now loggin performance will suck. > > > i hope i have done it right - here is the autput of "mount" for the var > > partition - is this the correct setting ? > > > > /dev/sda6 on /var type ext3 (rw,data=journal) > > /var/spool > and /var/log are on the same partition, but different modes are best > for their patricular use. actually, I have /var/log on another partition, so logging is still done ordered (the default) /dev/sda6 on /var type ext3 (rw,data=journal) /dev/sda10 on /var/log type ext3 (rw) , but that chattr -S -R was the key : here is a table of messages (34K personalised messages) sent per minute on different modes : ext2 : 417 ext2 (chattr-S) : 600 ext3 : 80 ext3 (chattr-S) data=journal : 430 ext3 (chattr-S) data=ordered : 370 i assume that removing the S attribute does not degrate the integrity of my data on a journalling filesystem, right ? Alex .
