Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 18:00:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 18:00:39 -0400 Received: from thebsh.namesys.com ([212.16.7.65]:30725 "HELO thebsh.namesys.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 18:00:38 -0400 Message-ID: <3D792698.4010401@namesys.com> Date: Sat, 07 Sep 2002 02:05:12 +0400 From: Hans Reiser User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.1) Gecko/20020826 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Aaron Lehmann CC: Nikita Danilov , "Stephen C. Tweedie" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, reiserfs-list@namesys.com Subject: Re: ext3 throughput woes on certain (possibly heavily fragmented) files References: <20020903092419.GA5643@vitelus.com> <20020906170614.A7946@redhat.com> <15736.57972.202889.872554@laputa.namesys.com> <3D78E44E.5020107@namesys.com> <20020906210214.GA25666@vitelus.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 978 Lines: 32 Aaron Lehmann wrote: >On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 09:22:22PM +0400, Hans Reiser wrote: > > >>I think I prefer that we implement a repacker for reiser4 though, as >>that, combined with delayed allocation, will be a balanced and thorough >>solution. >> >> > >How does current ReiserFS fare against extreme fragmentation? What >about XFS? Without trying to risk a flamewar, what Linux filesystems >are the most preventive of fragmentation? > >The filesystem could make a huge difference on a machine like a mail >server... > > > > Sometimes it is best to confess that one does not have the expertise appropriate for answering a question. Someone on our mailing list studied it carefully though. Perhaps they can comment. Hans - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/