gwes <g...@oat.com> writes:

> Suggestion: to improve file system performance,
> first document the bad behavior in detail.
>
> Begin with examples of traces/logs of disk accesses associated
> with file system operations.
>
> Include scenarios (one hopes reproducible ones) to provoke
> bad behavior.
>
> Are reads worse than writes? Sequential vs. random?
> Interleaved r/w on one file? On more than one file simultaneously?
>
> Examples from other O/S which are better or worse?
>
> Without this very detailed data it's all noise.
>
> Being able to get good traces & correlate them with OS activity
> shows at least some competence dealing with OS internals.
>
> geoff steckel

Thanks Geoff!  I was looking for this kind of guide so that I can do
something not noisy.

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