Re: e2fs + large disk == slug?

Rogier Wolff (R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl)
Tue, 16 Jun 1998 08:46:06 +0200 (MET DST)

Mark Lehrer wrote:
>
>
> I am not a filesystem expert, but I would like to understand what
> makes e2fs slow on my 4.5 gig partition; and if someone is working on
> performance and would like some help, please holler. Some slow
> operations, kernel 2.0.34:
>
> 1) removing 500 megs of files took 30 seconds.
> 2) fsck of course.

3) Mounting large filesystems takes a long time: 46 seconds / 12G

Roger.

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