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DateThu, 08 Nov 2001 23:16:08 -0800
FromAndrew Morton <>
SubjectRe: speed difference between using hard-linked and modular drives?
"David S. Miller" wrote:
> >    From: Andrew Morton <akpm@zip.com.au>
>    Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2001 22:54:30 -0800
> 
>    I played with that earlier in the year.  Shrinking the hash table
>    by a factor of eight made no measurable difference to anything on
>    a Pentium II.  The hash distribution was all over the place though.
>    Lots of buckets with 1-2 pages, lots with 12-13.
> 
> What is the distribution when you don't shrink the hash
> table?
> 

Well on my setup, there are more hash buckets than there are
pages in the system.  So - basically empty.  If memory serves
me, never more than two pages in a bucket.
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