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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Fast file system for cache directory with lot's of files
From: Michael Hampicke <mgehampicke@gmail.com>
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> 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.

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nZb"><div class=3D"h5">You should have a look at xfs.</div></div>
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I used to use ext4 earlier, traversing through /usr/portage used to be very=
 slow. When I switched xfs, speed increased drastically.<br>
<br>
This might be kind of unrelated, but makes sense.</blockquote><div><br></di=
v><div>I guess=A0traversing=A0through directories may be faster with XFS, b=
ut in my experience ext4 perfoms better than XFS in regard to operations (c=
p, rm) on small files.</div>
<div>I read that there are some tuning options for XFS and small files, but=
 never tried it.</div><div><br></div><div>But if somone seconds XFS I will =
try it too.</div></div>

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