which file system to use

[John L Fjellstad]

Alexander Skwar <listen at alexander.skwar.name> writes:

> The commit is not (only) because of atime. ext3 will commit to
> disk, even if *nothing* has been accessed.
>
> That said, laptop-mode is a good suggestion.

Looking at the mount options for ext3, there is a commit option
(although the default is set to 5 sec, so I'm not sure it's that which is
causing the disk access).  If it is the cause of the disk access, I
would think changing this option to something else (60 sec or whatever),
might help.

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John L. Fjellstad
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