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On 12 Sep 2000, at 16:06, Michael T. Babcock wrote:
> How does a different filesystem, like ReiserFS help? Hypothetically?
Any system which doesn't scan directories in linear order but using
binary search (keeping directory entries sorted, or indexed) helps a
lot. Not only ReiserFS, but also NTFS lie in that domain. (Well, I
*think* ReiserFS lies in that domain; I *know* NTFS does.)
Further profiling is needed, though; it may be the case that a
filesystem with sorted/indexed directories (and logaritmic access
dependency) scales well but speed sucks with "close-to-empty"
directories, making it much slower under "normal" circumstances.
Hell, I would like to see ext2 with much better scaling - Maildirs
would finally stop to suck when overcrowded. But *personally* I
trust more the code from the "mainstream distribution" (read: ext2)
then patching my kernel (read: reiserFS). I'll wait until a better
filesystem claws its way into RedHat distro. :-)
Meanwhile, I'll stick to a big-todo patch.
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