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SubjectRe: multiply files in one (try reiserfs)
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.
>
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