[vox-tech] I'm out of space on /

[Micah J. Cowan]

On Thu, Jun 30, 2005 at 12:53:15AM -0700, Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting Troy Arnold (troy-vox at zenux.net):
> 
> > I understand the reasoning behind all your boot options except the
> > noatime on /var/* and /tmp.  What's the scoop on that ?
> 
> Small speed advantage.  Fewer timestamp updates means faster access.
> (Don't forget that atime has to get updated if you merely "ls" a
> directory.)

Well, yeah: but only of the directory, yes? (Brief experimentation seems
to confirm this.) Seems like an incredibly small advantage.

-Micah