-----Mensaje original----- De: Marc Schiffbauer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviado el: miércoles, 24 de marzo de 2004 13:35 Para: debian-isp@lists.debian.org Asunto: Re: 3ware Raid 5 and ext3 filesystem
* Andrew Miehs schrieb am 24.03.04 um 12:07 Uhr: > Hi all! > > I have a 3ware SATA Raid controller configured with 5 disks in RAID5. > > I am trying to store millions of pictures on these disks, and am trying to > find out how best to configure everything... > So far > > /etc/sysctl.conf > vm.max-readahead=512 > vm.min-readahead=512 > vm.bdflush=10 500 0 0 500 3000 10 20 0 > > in /etc/fstab > have mounted with 'noatime' > > The filesystem structure is so that there are no more than 1000 files/ > directories in one directory > When I create the filesystem, should I use the stride option? or is this > only for software raid? > If I use stride, what value should I set. The controller is set / as per > default to 64k stripes. > After mounting the filesystem, and doing my first 'ls -ln' in a directory > with 1000 pictures it takes ages! > Thanks for the help, > My hint is to use ReiserFS when you are playing with 'millions' of files on one partition. ReiserFS outperforms ext2/3 FS when its about to store, seek or delete manymany (small) files. I personally use ext3 everywhere but on partitions with an extremely high number of files on it. (News-Server, Squid-Cache, Cyrus-Partition ...) -Marc -- ###################################################### # <Raize> can you guys see what I type? # # <vecna> no, raize # # <Raize> How do I set it up so you can see it? # -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
