On 01/05/2009 03:50 PM, Ruediger Pluem wrote: >
> > Regarding the performance you should take a look at the following: > > 1. Use a separate filesystem for the cache. > 2. Ensure that it is mounted with noatime option. > 3. Check if you are using the right type of filesystem for this job. If the > size of the individual cache files is rather small reiserfs can be much > faster then ext3 if I remember correctly. Forget about reiserfs. It seems to be dead (long time passed since I dealed with details of filesystems on Linux). Nevertheless I guess it is still worth checking for tuning your filesystem or checking if another FS type is more suitable for your purpose. Regards Rüdiger
