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Subject: Re: speed difference between using hard-linked and modular drives?
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   From: Andrew Morton <akpm@zip.com.au>
   Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2001 22:54:30 -0800
   
   I played with that earlier in the year.  Shrinking the hash table
   by a factor of eight made no measurable difference to anything on
   a Pentium II.  The hash distribution was all over the place though.
   Lots of buckets with 1-2 pages, lots with 12-13.

What is the distribution when you don't shrink the hash
table?

Franks a lot,
David S. Miller
davem@redhat.com
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