4.9.1. Mount with noatime

4.9.1. Mount with noatime

4.9.1. Mount with noatime

A standard Linux mount option, noatime, can be specified when the file system is mounted, which disables atime updates on that file system.

Usage

mount -t gfs BlockDevice MountPoint -o noatime
BlockDevice

Specifies the block device where the GFS file system resides.

MountPoint

Specifies the directory where the GFS file system should be mounted.

Example

In this example, the GFS file system resides on the /dev/vg01/lvol0 and is mounted on directory /gfs1 with atime updates turned off. 

mount -t gfs /dev/vg01/lvol0 /gfs1 -o noatime