Re: slow tar performance on fbsd5

JG, Are you using any type of raid controller? I wonder if upgrading to freebsd6 will solve some performance issues? ___ freebsd-performance@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-performance To unsubscribe, send any ma

Re: slow tar performance on fbsd5

On Fri, 14 Oct 2005, Ben Laurie wrote: JG wrote: Now I say, what about # cpio -i < mysql-m.tgz (assuming that mysql-m.tgz is in "tar" format)? Hello, idea is good, but the result is the same :/ The filesystem is _much_ slower in 5 than it is in 4. You can benchmark it with postmark (in t

Re[2]: slow tar performance on fbsd5

Hello all, Seems that my problem with untarring is resolved! Firstly, Write Cache was disabled by default by my scsi controller. FreeBSD 5.4, WCE=0 # time gtar -xf mysql-m.tgz 1.207u 16.371s 7:01.06 4.1% 164+278k 8030+7176io 4pf+0w FreeBSD 5.4, WCE=1 # time gtar -xf mysql-m.tgz 1.217u 16.89

Re: slow tar performance on fbsd5

JG wrote: Now I say, what about # cpio -i < mysql-m.tgz (assuming that mysql-m.tgz is in "tar" format)? Hello, idea is good, but the result is the same :/ The filesystem is _much_ slower in 5 than it is in 4. You can benchmark it with postmark (in the ports tree) - the difference is huge.