On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 21:47, Tom Allison wrote: > Jacob Anawalt wrote: > > Joachim Förster said: > > > >>Does anybody know, why squid uses the harddisk although its (empty disk > >>cache, logs and other status files are on the tmpfs)? > >> > > > > > > I don't know why it uses the hard disk, but if it is only reading those > > files and there is enough memory that they are cached in the kernel file > > cache, then perhaps the atime is being updated and that is causing the > > disk to spin up? > > > > Are you mounting with the noatime option? > > > > Maybe there's another http proxy that doesn't require any disk access? > > > > I am interested in following this thread. I would like to set up a similar > > computer, with as few fans and spinning drives (zero would be ideal) as > > possible while staying inexpensive and low-power. > > > > For starters, consider via's eden PC's. Most of them are fanless. > Then look at the hard drives that are out their with Fluid Bearings. > Seagate is one, I think there a japanese company (Fujitsu or something) that > also has very low noise hard drives.
According to what I've read on this list in the past, the Seagate Barracuda IV is very quite. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jefferson, LA USA "they love our milk and honey, but preach about another way of living" Merle Haggard, "The Fighting Side Of Me" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
