From: Kai Krakow <hurikhan77+btrfs@gmail.com>
To: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Is the checkpoint interval adjustable?
Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2013 02:58:36 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4jl0da-ep6.ln1@hurikhan.ath.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 51FD3FDC.803@skagestad.org
Torbjørn <lists@skagestad.org> schrieb:
>> Just curious: What would be the benefit of increasing the checkpoint
>> interval?
> Laptops typically spin down disks to save power. If btrfs forces a write
> every 30 second, you have to spin it back up.
I'd expect btrfs not to write to the disk when a checkpoint is reached and
no writes occurred to the filesystem meanwhile... Could some developer shed
some light on this?
IMHO if this is true, there is no point in increasing the checkpoint
interval... Thoughts?
Regards,
Kai
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-08-04 1:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-07-31 20:02 Is the checkpoint interval adjustable? Mike Audia
2013-07-31 20:54 ` Zach Brown
2013-08-03 17:28 ` Kai Krakow
2013-08-03 17:37 ` Torbjørn
2013-08-04 0:58 ` Kai Krakow [this message]
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2013-07-31 22:10 Mike Audia
2013-07-31 22:56 ` Zach Brown
2013-08-01 15:40 ` David Sterba
2013-08-01 17:59 ` Zach Brown
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2013-08-01 3:11 ` Duncan
2013-08-02 20:58 Mike Audia
2013-08-03 8:33 ` Duncan
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