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Old November 6th, 2009, 02:22
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Default Disabling ZFS atime

Hi, I'm in the process of setting up a new server with ZFS. Right now, I plan to use ZFS for MySQL and the mail storage. Is it safe to disable atime on these directories? I seem to remember that some parts of the system require atime to function correctly (like logs), so I'm not sure if it's ok to turn it off.
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Old November 6th, 2009, 13:43
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I believe you are mistaken, it is absolutely safe to turn off atime.
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Old November 6th, 2009, 18:28
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I have noatime on everything, including /var (which includes /var/log here), and I don't see any issues with the logfiles or syslog in general, or any other process. That's on regular UFS2 though.
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Old November 7th, 2009, 00:33
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Thanks. I'll try it out today.
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