> Michael Stowe wrote at about 08:25:35 -0500 on Tuesday, May 24, 2011: > > > > I did a relatively short filesystem comparison when I moved my BackupPC > > pool to another set of drives. The high level results: > > > > jfs, xfs: quick, stable > > reiserfs: not stable > > ext4: slow > > ext3: very slow > > > > Any idea which particular file operations are causing ext3/4 to be > slow relative to jfs/xfs? Is it reading? writing? linking? listing? > all of the above equally?
Linking and listing were where the main differences surfaced -- I speculate it's because xfs and jfs are more efficient at handling directory entries, but I didn't look into it too deeply -- I didn't do any special tuning on any of the filesystems. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ vRanger cuts backup time in half-while increasing security. With the market-leading solution for virtual backup and recovery, you get blazing-fast, flexible, and affordable data protection. Download your free trial now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-d2dcopy1 _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
