> Does anybody know what happens when you stash a huge number of tiny > files in Ext4? Does it store them efficiently the way ReiserFS does?
No. Neither ext3 nor ext4 efficiently stores sub-block sized files. The minimum files size granularity is the block size. The internal fragmentation can hurt with many small files. As others have mentioned, reiserfs handles that. However, I can't recommend reiserfs unless extra effort is devoted to backups, since catastrophic failures can result from the loss of a single block in reiserfs. I have high hopes for btrfs, which appears to solve these issues and more, but I haven't switched over to it yet. -Dale --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
