Nate Campi ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said: > True, not the best proof, but opening that mail folder on ext3 takes > only a second or two with mutt, and opening it on reiserfs with mutt > takes 30 seconds or more. ext3/maildir is a fast and reliable mail > folder combo
It appears you're not the only one who noticed this, the passage below is taken from http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-fs2.html You may also run into problems with code that performs bunches of stat() calls on large numbers of files. One application that seems to trigger this performance defect (which only exists with the ReiserFS implementation in 2.4 series kernels, and not 2.2 kernels) is the "mutt" mailer (see Resources) when it is used to read large maildir-style mailboxes. Apparently, mutt stats each mail file twice, which tends to hurt performance more than normal. The ReiserFS development team is aware of this particular problem and has identified its cause, and you should expect a solution to be included in ReiserFS 4, if not sooner. -- Adam Lazur, Cluster Monkey
