Messages in this thread | | | From | root <> | Date | Mon, 14 Jun 1999 12:30:29 +0000 (/etc/localtime) | Subject | Re: multiply files in one (try reiserfs) |
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Reiserfs can do this.... (read multiple files in one seek and read.)
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Larry McVoy writes: > : > The conclusion that I came to as a result of looking at this (and a lot > : > more) data was that the wrong thing to do is worry about single files. > : > What you want to do is to figure out how to put mutiple files in one > : > "file" - essentially make tar be a part of the file system where you put > : > related files in the same "tarball". Then when you access any file - > : > metadata or data - then you schlep in the entire tarball and explode it > : > in memory. Food for thought. > : > : I think the idea is flawed. > : > : You're building a filesystem in a filesystem to overcome your > : "non-optimal" original file system. > > Please show me the design of a file system which can bring in multiple > small files with a single seek and read. When you get done, you'll be > looking at what I described. > > : As a side note (aprox current US prices): > : > : 9.1 GB UW-SCSI, 7200 rpm harddrive: ~$290 > : 18 GB UW-SCSI, 7200 rpm harddrive: ~$600 > : > : I paid ~$600 for a 9.1 GB about a year ago (and I still have 2 GB > : free). E.g. the pace of technology is probably against your idea. > > I think that maybe you thought the point was disk space. It's not, it's > a performance problem. Consider a directory with a lot of little files. > Each of those little files costs in the 10s of milliseconds to read in. > On your spiffy drives you described, I can read in 10MB in 10ms plus the > seek. > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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