On 05/03/2017 12:10 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2017-05-03 20:42, John Andersen wrote:
On 05/03/2017 11:20 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
I don't use big iron myself, but an idea: what mount options do you use? In particular, I'm thinking about the absence of "noatime". It's absence makes each "read" of a file slower, having to write the time to disk.
Besides that, it seems that you should consider replacing with "lazytime". The access time is then written on bunches and when feasible, not "now". Less wear and faster, even on SSD.
There's no practical use scenario for any Atime recording any more, and there never really was. Nothing depends on it.
Obviously the kernel devs think otherwise. It is going to be the new default.
The old default was also the default, and it too was useless, and has been since forever. Either state a valid use case, or drop this petty "appeal to authority". -- After all is said and done, more is said than done.