[ILUG] Updatedb

From: Stephen Shirley (diamond at domain csn.ul.ie)
Date: Thu 15 Apr 1999 - 01:54:13 IST


Mornin',
        I've just seen my highest load ever on my 486 linux box - 17.68 :-) I
had set updatedb set to run 3 times a week, but for some reason it
decided that it would launch itself ~35 times and really grind the disk.
After about an hour I noticed that the machine was reeeaaallllyy slow,
and the hard drive was still grinding. Doh!! I was using linuxconf, but
it's obviously not as foolproof as I'd hoped :-)

Steve

--
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It was quiet... too quiet.
Then it was loud... too loud.
Quiet again... too quiet.
And once more, loud... way too loud.
"Damn snooze button," I mumbled to
myself as I got out of bed and
checked the time:  late... too late.


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