>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

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