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Subject: Re: Performance of ext3 on large systems
From: Sean Neakums <sneakums@zork.net>
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commence  Andrew Morton quotation:

> "Martin J. Bligh" <mbligh@aracnet.com> wrote:
>>
>> (look at system time ... eeek!)
>
> Can we just say that ext3's talents lie elsewhere?
>
> I've got some stuff which helps a bit, but nobody has had the time
> to implement the significant overhaul which is needed here.
>
> noatime would help.

ext3 doesn't implement noatime!?  Hurg...

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