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Subject: Re: File System Performance
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Andrew Morton wrote:
>
> It works, and it'll get you close to disk bandwidth with this test.
> But the effects of this change on other workloads (the so-called
> "slow growth" scenario) still needs to be understood and tested.
>

Does compiling the kernel constitute a reasonable example of a slow
growth workload? If not what is a slow growth workload where file
system performance is important?






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