Messages in this thread | | | From | Christophe Dupre <> | Subject | Re: ext2fs: do directories ever shrink? | Date | Thu, 16 Jul 1998 12:52:03 -0400 |
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> Hans Reiser <reiser@idiom.com> writes: > > > Somebody wrote a Usenix paper based on this idea, and his answer was yes, for > > most systems, the directories are small enough that caching all of them is > > effective. > > That is what Novell servers do. They keep the complete directory tree in ram. > I'm not sure if it is a good idea on a general purpose OS though.
Probably for general purpose workstations, it is not such a great idea. But for servers (file servers, web servers handling 1000's of small files & directories, and which have loads of RAM), this can be VERY interesting... --
Christophe Dupre Analyste de systemes, RISQ inc. 1801 McGill College, suite 800 Tel: (514) 840-1235, ext 6971 Montreal, QC CANADA FAX: (514) 840-1244
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