Les Mikesell wrote: > Rahul Sundaram 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. > > But whether it is a noticeable difference or not will depend on the > number of files they access, either with automated build procedures or > GUI file managers that like to peek inside every file. People who > keep their directory trees sparse and don't venture out of their home > directory in a GUI much will probably not know the difference except > that tmpwatch may not clean up correctly and their mailer may have to > do more work to decide if a message is unread (etc.). In my experience, viewing a folder of images as thumbnails is significantly slower with atime. Many users will be viewing folders of images methinks. In addition, most GUIs read a large (read huge) number of files when they load, so load times for the GUI should be reduced also. > > -- > Les Mikesell > lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx > > > EDIT: Sorry if anyone gets this twice, forgot to forward it to the list.. -- Benjamin Lewis Fedora Ambassador ben.lewis@xxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------------------------- http://benl.co.uk./ PGP Key: 0x647E480C "In cases of major discrepancy, it is always reality that got it wrong" -- RFC 1118
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