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by **Adam Rette** » Wed, 18 Dec 2002 02:23:40

Hi Guys,

I need a bit of advice with SoftUpdates please...
Ive searched the web but couldnt find specific answers.

I work for a Web Hosting Company and we are setting up a FreeBSD 4.7 Server
for MySQL Server Database Hosting.
As a Hosting company we are obviously looking for maximum uptime,
reliability, performance and stability of our systems.

We have a new server ready to receive a Fresh Installation of FreeBSD 4.7i
and so I would like to get this right at the installation phase.

My Question is this - How reliable are SoftUpdates and for which partitions
is it suitable to enable this.

e.g. is it Safe to use SoftUpdates on my / partition (think I read something
somewhere advising against this) and how about my /var partition (where my
mysql db's will be stored) and are there any downsides to this.

Thanks

Adam Retter

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by **p..** » Thu, 19 Dec 2002 03:04:08

> Hi Guys,
> I need a bit of advice with SoftUpdates please...
> Ive searched the web but couldnt find specific answers.
> I work for a Web Hosting Company and we are setting up a FreeBSD 4.7 Server
> for MySQL Server Database Hosting.
> As a Hosting company we are obviously looking for maximum uptime,
> reliability, performance and stability of our systems.
> We have a new server ready to receive a Fresh Installation of FreeBSD 4.7i
> and so I would like to get this right at the installation phase.
> My Question is this - How reliable are SoftUpdates and for which partitions
> is it suitable to enable this.
> e.g. is it Safe to use SoftUpdates on my / partition (think I read something
> somewhere advising against this) and how about my /var partition (where my
> mysql db's will be stored) and are there any downsides to this.

By default all but '/' will have softupdates enabled. And that's a sensible
config since you should not have any writing activity on '/' anyway.

Create a separe /tmp if you expect a lot of activities in '/'

And softupdates is Ok. There is some warnings about disabling write-caches
on drives able to.

> Thanks
> Adam Retter

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by **Kirk Strause** » Thu, 19 Dec 2002 04:30:11

Quote:> My Question is this - How reliable are SoftUpdates and for which
> partitions is it suitable to enable this.

My understanding is that softupdates are appropriate for pretty much
everything but / (and that largely due to problems that may occur when doing
an installworld). In fact, I believe that the 4.7 installer defaults to
enabling softupdates for all non-/ partitions.
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by **Adam Rette** » Thu, 19 Dec 2002 02:30:48

Thanks Guys.

Greatly Appreciate your comments and help.

Adam.

> Hi Guys,

> I need a bit of advice with SoftUpdates please...
> Ive searched the web but couldnt find specific answers.

> I work for a Web Hosting Company and we are setting up a FreeBSD 4.7
Server
> for MySQL Server Database Hosting.
> As a Hosting company we are obviously looking for maximum uptime,
> reliability, performance and stability of our systems.

> We have a new server ready to receive a Fresh Installation of FreeBSD 4.7i
> and so I would like to get this right at the installation phase.

> My Question is this - How reliable are SoftUpdates and for which
partitions
> is it suitable to enable this.

> e.g. is it Safe to use SoftUpdates on my / partition (think I read
something
> somewhere advising against this) and how about my /var partition (where my
> mysql db's will be stored) and are there any downsides to this.

> Thanks

> Adam Retter

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> Version: 6.0.427 / Virus Database: 240 - Release Date: 06/12/2002

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Advice Please - Server Install and SoftUpdates

Advice Please - Server Install and SoftUpdates

Advice Please - Server Install and SoftUpdates

Advice Please - Server Install and SoftUpdates

Advice Please - Server Install and SoftUpdates