Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 5 Nov 2001 20:33:44 -0500 (EST) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: [Ext2-devel] disk throughput |
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On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> For example, spreading out (and the inherent assumption of "slow growth") > might make sense for the root directory, and possibly for a level below > that. It almost certainly does _not_ make sense for a directory created > four levels down.
Depends on the naming scheme used by admin, for one thing. Linus, I seriously think that getting the real-life traces to play with would be a Good Thing(tm) - at least that would allow to test how well would heuristics of that kind do.
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