RE:Re: ext3 throughput woes on certain (possibly heavily fragmented) files

RE:Re: ext3 throughput woes on certain (possibly heavily fragmented) files

[Hell.Surfers]

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Perhaps you could use a fat partition, you can defragment those, or ntfs [mwaaaahahaha].



On 	Sat, 07 Sep 2002 02:05:12 +0400 	Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com> wrote:

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From: Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com>
To: Aaron Lehmann <aaronl@vitelus.com>
Cc: Nikita Danilov <Nikita@Namesys.COM>, "Stephen C. Tweedie" <sct@redhat.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, reiserfs-list@namesys.com
Subject: Re: ext3 throughput woes on certain (possibly heavily fragmented) files
Date: Sat, 07 Sep 2002 02:05:12 +0400
Message-ID: <3D792698.4010401@namesys.com>

Aaron Lehmann wrote:

>On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 09:22:22PM +0400, Hans Reiser wrote:
>  
>
>>I think I prefer that we implement a repacker for reiser4 though, as 
>>that, combined with delayed allocation, will be a balanced and thorough 
>>solution.
>>    
>>
>
>How does current ReiserFS fare against extreme fragmentation? What
>about XFS? Without trying to risk a flamewar, what Linux filesystems
>are the most preventive of fragmentation?
>
>The filesystem could make a huge difference on a machine like a mail
>server...
>
>
>  
>
Sometimes it is best to confess that one does not have the expertise 
appropriate for answering a question. Someone on our mailing list 
studied it carefully though. Perhaps they can comment.

Hans

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