# mount -o async /dev/sd1a /mnt # date && cp -r TEST/ /mnt && umount /mnt && date Wed Jan 20 00:17:54 CET 2010 Wed Jan 20 00:33:35 CET 2010
2010/1/20 David Vasek <va...@fido.cz>: > On Tue, 19 Jan 2010, T. Tofus von Blisstein wrote: > >> Hello David, >> >> thanks. > > You're welcome. > >> # mount /dev/sd1a /mnt >> # date && cp -r TEST/ /mnt && umount /mnt && date >> Tue Jan 19 23:11:27 CET 2010 >> Tue Jan 19 23:29:12 CET 2010 >> >> So it's reduced a lot, but still it is much slower than... sorry guys, >> the penguin. >> >> Still, from 50 minutes to 18 to copy 256M is a significant improvement > > Try using "softdep" option for mount, possibly even the "async" option, if > you like the risk, otherwise you are comparing two completely different > modes of filesystem operation. > > Regards, > David
