Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 10:49:24 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 10:49:24 -0500 Received: from outpost.ds9a.nl ([213.244.168.210]:62352 "EHLO outpost.ds9a.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 10:49:23 -0500 Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 16:55:59 +0100 From: bert hubert To: Alan Cox Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , tytso@mit.edu Subject: Re: naive but spectacular ext3 HTREE+Orlov benchmark Message-ID: <20021105155559.GA6765@outpost.ds9a.nl> Mail-Followup-To: bert hubert , Alan Cox , Linux Kernel Mailing List , tytso@mit.edu References: <20021105151702.GA5894@outpost.ds9a.nl> <1036512604.4827.93.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1036512604.4827.93.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1181 Lines: 28 On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 04:10:04PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > On Tue, 2002-11-05 at 15:17, bert hubert wrote: > > Congratulations everybody, this is a major result! You can in fact *hear* > > the difference. With the Orlov allocator, seeks are much more higher pitched > > as if they are generally over shorter distances - which they probably are. > > How does the Orlov allocator do if you continually randomly use and > reuse the file space for a long period of time - the current allocator > is pretty stable, does Orlov behave the same or degenerate ? This fs is in daily use, I'll keep an eye on it and rerun the benchmark above every once in a while. Luckily 2.5 is stable enough for me to run on my main computer. Although all my important stuff lives in cvs anyhow. Regards, bert -- http://www.PowerDNS.com Versatile DNS Software & Services http://lartc.org Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control HOWTO - 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/