Re: why FFS is THAT slower than EXT2 ?

[Aleksey I Zavilohin]

Geoff Buckingham wrote:

 > > I was pointing out to Chuck Youse that BSD metadata writes are also
 > > (mostly) asynchronous now, so if FFS is truly slower than ext2fs, there
 > > must be some other reason.
 > > 
 > I heard talk the linux folks where using btrees to better handle large 
 > directories.

No, current implementation ext2 (and, i think, pre-ext3 too) don`t use btree for
handle large directories.
Btree associated with Hash Reiser in LinuxWorld 8-) and resierfs.

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