Re: Disk cache and atime

Hi,

Kevin Littlejohn wrote:
> A quick question: Does Squid use the access time on the various files for
> anything?

No.

> If not, would there be any bad effects from applying the
> no_atime kernel patch for Linux, that doesn't update the access time on
> files/directories when updating files?
 
Good idea, this is the patch that was done for news, right?

> Related question: How much time does file handling take? ie. Is it worth
> putting these sorts of patches in place, or is the networking/database
> code going to slow things down more anyway?

For us, it seems to be mostly network bound. I think it found its
use for news since people pull the same articles over and over again.
I guess it's worth a try?

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