Thats what I was afraid of. Yes it is indeed ext2, not ext3. Maybe I'll try
converting it to ext3 and retest.


Thanks for the info.


Corey

On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Chris Adams <[email protected]> wrote:

> Once upon a time, Corey Kovacs <[email protected]> said:
> > Kevin, thanks for the explanation. This coincides perfectly which what I
> am
> > seeing.
> >
> > Next question is, is there a way to clean up the TOC?
>
> On ext* (and in fact, most Unix filesystems), directories never shrink.
> The only way to clean it up is to move everything remaining to a new
> directory and remove the old directory.  E.g. something like:
>
> $ cp -al huge_directory foo && mv huge_directory old && mv foo
> huge_directory && rm -rf old
>
> As for the performance issue: are you really using ext2 and not ext3?
> Newer versions of ext3 use directory hashing to speed up large directory
> accesses (so that directory growth does not impact performance much).
> --
> Chris Adams <[email protected]>
> Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
> I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.
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