On 2015-04-14 10:55:12 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Other file systems such as xfs designed for large files and large > numbers of files DO shrink when files are removed. That is one of the > reasons why xfs is recommended for industrial strength use. It was > designed to handle those kinds of workloads. However that means that > it must spend time when files are deleted to clean everything up. > Everything has a cost. But xfs is one of the file systems that do > shrink directories when files are deleted.
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