On Thu, 14 Feb 2002 01:48, Les Mikesell wrote: <snip> > > > Having an XFS filesystem would be nice too, but secondary to the > > > range of services available. > > > > They appear to mention they already use RedHat 7.2, ext3. > > I think XFS or Reiser would be a better fit for running > qmail and its one-message-per-file format. Has anyone > timed creating/deleting thousands of files under the > different filesystems available? I recall seeing a benchmark > program called 'postmark' some time ago to emulate mailer > activity. After my NAT comments, I probably should keep quiet, but:
I am pretty sure that the problems with ext3 and creating thousands of files under a single directory have been fixed. I went to a talk by Ted T'so last week (http://linux.conf.au), and this was mentioned. Of course, we should try to benchmark real loads on whatever filesystems we are considering using. Brad -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives by mail and http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
