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Re: Limiting the the size of log files

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In message <51bca01fcebob@sick-of-spam.invalid>
          Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> wrote:

> In article <51bc9619f8steve@revi11.plus.com>,
>    Ste (news) <steve@revi11.plus.com> wrote:
> > In article <51bb9b357dbob@sick-of-spam.invalid>,
> >    Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> wrote:
> > > We log to an NSLU2 which takes about 40 minutes from switch on to
> > > become useable.
> 
> > Run that by me again: this device takes 40 minutes to boot?! Surely
> > there's something catastropically broken there. I wouldn't trust any
> > backups on a machine that broken.
> 
> I have one of these at work and another at home. When the drive is empty,
> they boot in a reasonable time. However, stick any data on the discs and
> they take forever to allow read/write access. Yes, around 40 minutes
> before I can read it or write it. They've both been like that for a couple
> of years now.
> 
> I don't think they are faulty, my guess is that it runs through the disc
> and catalogues the contents before allowing anything to be changed but
> that's just a guess.

Yes, they verify the integrity of the disc(s) before allowing
access.  Lots of files -> a long time.

Dave

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Re: Limiting the the size of log files Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2011-03-29 12:59 +0100
  Re: Limiting the the size of log files Ian Hamilton <Ian.Hamilton@AAUG.net> - 2011-03-29 13:26 +0100
    Re: Limiting the the size of log files Dr Peter Young <pnyoung@ormail.co.uk> - 2011-03-29 15:02 +0100
    Re: Limiting the the size of log files Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2011-03-29 15:37 +0100
    Re: Limiting the the size of log files Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2011-03-29 22:24 +0100
      Re: Limiting the the size of log files Ian Hamilton <Ian.Hamilton@AAUG.net> - 2011-03-30 06:34 +0100
  Re: Limiting the the size of log files Jeremy Nicoll - news posts <jn.nntp.scrap007@wingsandbeaks.org.uk> - 2011-03-29 13:51 +0100
    Re: Limiting the the size of log files Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2011-03-29 15:43 +0100
      Re: Limiting the the size of log files Jeremy Nicoll - news posts <jn.nntp.scrap007@wingsandbeaks.org.uk> - 2011-03-29 16:10 +0100
      Re: Limiting the the size of log files "Ste (news)" <steve@revi11.plus.com> - 2011-03-31 13:24 +0100
        Re: Limiting the the size of log files Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2011-03-31 15:13 +0100
          Re: Limiting the the size of log files Dave Higton <davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> - 2011-03-31 20:14 +0100
            Re: Limiting the the size of log files Matthew Phillips <mnews@sinenomine.freeserve.co.uk> - 2011-03-31 21:27 +0100
            Re: Limiting the the size of log files Jeremy Nicoll - news posts <jn.nntp.scrap007@wingsandbeaks.org.uk> - 2011-03-31 21:45 +0100
              Re: Limiting the the size of log files Dave Higton <davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> - 2011-04-01 21:41 +0100
                Re: Limiting the the size of log files Jeremy Nicoll - news posts <jn.nntp.scrap007@wingsandbeaks.org.uk> - 2011-04-02 00:33 +0100

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