library and utilities designed to disable fsync and friends
This package contains a small LD_PRELOAD library (libeatmydata) and a couple of helper utilities designed to transparently disable fsync and friends (like open(O_SYNC)). This has two side-effects: making software that writes data safely to disk a lot quicker and making this software no longer crash safe.
You will find eatmydata useful if particular software calls fsync(), sync() etc. frequently but the data it stores is not that valuable to you and you may afford losing it in case of system crash. Data-to-disk synchronization calls are typically very slow on modern file systems and their extensive usage might slow down software significantly. It does not make sense to accept such a hit in performance if data being manipulated is not very important.
On the other hand, do not use eatmydata when you care about what software stores or it manipulates important components of your system. The library is called libEAT-MY-DATA for a reason.
This software package is maintained for (Neuro)Debian by the follow individuals and/or groups:
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| Distribution | Base version | Our version | Architectures |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 (squeeze) | 26-2~nd60+1 | i386, amd64 | |
| Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 (wheezy) | 26-2 | ||
| Debian GNU/Linux 8.0 (jessie) | 82-6 | ||
| Debian testing (stretch) | 82-6 | ||
| Debian unstable (sid) | 82-6 | ||
| Ubuntu 10.04 LTS “Lucid Lynx” (lucid) | 26-2~nd10.04+1 | i386, amd64 | |
| Ubuntu 12.04 LTS “Precise Pangolin” (precise) | 26-2 | ||
| Ubuntu 14.04 “Trusty Tahr” (trusty) | 26-2 | ||
| Ubuntu 14.10 “Utopic Unicorn” (utopic) | 26-2 | ||
| Ubuntu 15.04 “Vivid Vervet” (vivid) | 82-6 |
