From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970
Return-Path: <gentoo-user+bounces-140560-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org>
Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80])
by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66AD71381F4
for <garchives@archives.gentoo.org>; Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:22:36 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1])
by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 98B0FE07A1;
Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:22:10 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (svr-us4.tirtonadi.com [69.65.43.212])
by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AAABE07AA
for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:19:22 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from mail-vb0-f53.google.com ([209.85.212.53]:47833)
by svr-us4.tirtonadi.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128)
(Exim 4.77)
(envelope-from <pandu@poluan.info>)
id 1T0vUI-001zDO-84
for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:19:22 +0700
Received: by vbbfc26 with SMTP id fc26so3822000vbb.40
for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Mon, 13 Aug 2012 07:19:21 -0700 (PDT)
Precedence: bulk
List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>
List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org>
List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org>
List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org>
X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
MIME-Version: 1.0
Received: by 10.220.157.65 with SMTP id a1mr8264703vcx.39.1344867561360; Mon,
13 Aug 2012 07:19:21 -0700 (PDT)
Received: by 10.220.29.13 with HTTP; Mon, 13 Aug 2012 07:19:21 -0700 (PDT)
Received: by 10.220.29.13 with HTTP; Mon, 13 Aug 2012 07:19:21 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <CADPZhurQHGCRfu9G_kLVaFPrG06dEx3QQ-WM=wEctv-6vkzPkw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CADPZhuoH2fhFcgMJHdGLXHp7rzgEWBcWeeccaDHTxEhry1pDiA@mail.gmail.com>
<5028FF82.7020908@nileshgr.com>
<CADPZhurQHGCRfu9G_kLVaFPrG06dEx3QQ-WM=wEctv-6vkzPkw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:19:21 +0700
Message-ID: <CAA2qdGUZzfrm4Wc98iNu3bpubRfuhfHMZHY8jQCmKo68uNs-Ng@mail.gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Fast file system for cache directory with lot's of files
From: Pandu Poluan <pandu@poluan.info>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f46d043c7eae43cef504c726614e
X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report
X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - svr-us4.tirtonadi.com
X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org
X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12]
X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - poluan.info
X-Archives-Salt: f857081f-4f82-429f-9010-7046cb68efde
X-Archives-Hash: ed6c89744d41a8f9aadac30221cd0107
--f46d043c7eae43cef504c726614e
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
On Aug 13, 2012 9:01 PM, "Michael Hampicke" <mgehampicke@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> You should have a look at xfs.
>>
>> I used to use ext4 earlier, traversing through /usr/portage used to be
very slow. When I switched xfs, speed increased drastically.
>>
>> This might be kind of unrelated, but makes sense.
>
>
> I guess traversing through directories may be faster with XFS, but in my
experience ext4 perfoms better than XFS in regard to operations (cp, rm) on
small files.
> I read that there are some tuning options for XFS and small files, but
never tried it.
>
> But if somone seconds XFS I will try it too.
Have you indexed your ext4 partition?
# tune2fs -O dir_index /dev/your_partition
# e2fsck -D /dev/your_partition
Rgds,
--f46d043c7eae43cef504c726614e
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
<p><br>
On Aug 13, 2012 9:01 PM, "Michael Hampicke" <<a href=3D"mailto=
:mgehampicke@gmail.com">mgehampicke@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> You should have a look at xfs.<br>
>><br>
>> I used to use ext4 earlier, traversing through /usr/portage used t=
o be very slow. When I switched xfs, speed increased drastically.<br>
>><br>
>> This might be kind of unrelated, but makes sense.<br>
><br>
><br>
> I guess=C2=A0traversing=C2=A0through directories may be faster with XF=
S, but in my experience ext4 perfoms better than XFS in regard to operation=
s (cp, rm) on small files.<br>
> I read that there are some tuning options for XFS and small files, but=
never tried it.<br>
><br>
> But if somone seconds XFS I will try it too.</p>
<p>Have you indexed your ext4 partition?</p>
<p># tune2fs -O dir_index /dev/your_partition<br>
# e2fsck -D /dev/your_partition</p>
<p>Rgds,<br>
</p>
--f46d043c7eae43cef504c726614e--