On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 12:34:19AM +0100, T. Tofus von Blisstein wrote: > # mount -o async /dev/sd1a /mnt > # date && cp -r TEST/ /mnt && umount /mnt && date > Wed Jan 20 00:17:54 CET 2010 > Wed Jan 20 00:33:35 CET 2010
And you think because of all this noise, someone is going to sit down and fix it for you? Boy are you wrong... > > > 2010/1/20 David Vasek <va...@fido.cz>: > > On Tue, 19 Jan 2010, T. Tofus von Blisstein wrote: > > > >> Hello David, > >> > >> thanks. > > > > You're welcome. > > > >> # mount /dev/sd1a /mnt > >> # date && cp -r TEST/ /mnt && umount /mnt && date > >> Tue Jan 19 23:11:27 CET 2010 > >> Tue Jan 19 23:29:12 CET 2010 > >> > >> So it's reduced a lot, but still it is much slower than... sorry guys, > >> the penguin. > >> > >> Still, from 50 minutes to 18 to copy 256M is a significant improvement > > > > Try using "softdep" option for mount, possibly even the "async" option, if > > you like the risk, otherwise you are comparing two completely different > > modes of filesystem operation. > > > > Regards, > > David