[systemd-devel] systemd-readahead and often used applications

[Kok, Auke-jan H]

On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 2:15 PM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net> wrote:
> Am 14.04.2013 23:06, schrieb Kok:
>>>>>>
>> [Unit]
>> Description=Adaptive readahead daemon
>>
>> [Service]
>> ExecStart=/usr/sbin/preload -f 1 -l ""
>> Restart=always
>> RestartSec=1
>> Nice=19
>> IOSchedulingClass=3
>>
>> [Install]
>> WantedBy=multi-user.target
>> <<<<<
>
> thanks, i will give it a try
> why not "Type=forking"?
>
> in my expierience a service works with simple/forking and only
> one of them while i must say my low-level understanding may
> not be enouh to realize what to use.............

The daemon doesn't need to do extra work to fork, and systemd won't
need to do all the work associated with tracking a forked process -
it's a lot less work, thus more efficient, and actually more robust.

Auke