>Hello, > >in a benchmark a find to a filename (find -name foobar ) , ZFS is approx >7 times slower than an XFS filesystem (14 minutes ZFS,2 Minutes XFS). >The filesystem consists out of a huge amount of files. > >I assume, that ZFS has no comparable function to the directory indexes >like XFS or the dir_index option like ext3. Is this correct ? And what >can i do to speed up such a find operation. I know it?s pathological >benchmark, but is there a solution for this performance gap ?
Are you using the same find program? (GNU find contains a certain hack which allows it to "go fast" in certain circumstances. Casper _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss