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DateTue, 16 Jun 1998 10:17:00 +0200 (CEST)
FromRik van Riel <>
SubjectRe: e2fs + large disk == slug?
On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, Mark Lehrer wrote:

> I am not a filesystem expert, but I would like to understand what
> makes e2fs slow on my 4.5 gig partition; and if someone is working on
> performance and would like some help, please holler.  Some slow
> operations, kernel 2.0.34:
> 
> 1) removing 500 megs of files took 30 seconds.

This will be just as slow on a 600M filesystem...
If there are a lot of files, it's going to take a rather
long time to remove them. (Just try this under Windows:)

> 2) fsck of course.

Fsck takes extremely long because it has to cross-reference
all the inode and directory data...
I believe someone is working on a journaling extension, but
don't hold your breath... (unless you like turning blue)

Rik.
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