Re: ext2/3 files per directory limits

2005-02-23 Thread Andrew Morton
Ron Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would like to better understand ext2/3's performance characteristics. > > I'm specifically interested in how ext2/3 will handle a /var/spool/mail > directory w/ ~6000 mbox format inboxes, handling approx 1GB delivered as > 75,000 messages daily.

Re: ext2/3 files per directory limits

2005-02-23 Thread Lee Revell
On Wed, 2005-02-23 at 22:11 -0500, Ron Peterson wrote: > I would like to better understand ext2/3's performance characteristics. > > I'm specifically interested in how ext2/3 will handle a /var/spool/mail > directory w/ ~6000 mbox format inboxes, handling approx 1GB delivered as > 75,000 messages

Re: ext2/3 files per directory limits

2005-02-23 Thread Joel Jaeggli
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005, Ron Peterson wrote: I would like to better understand ext2/3's performance characteristics. I'm specifically interested in how ext2/3 will handle a /var/spool/mail directory w/ ~6000 mbox format inboxes, handling approx 1GB delivered as 75,000 messages daily. Virtually all

ext2/3 files per directory limits

2005-02-23 Thread Ron Peterson
I would like to better understand ext2/3's performance characteristics. I'm specifically interested in how ext2/3 will handle a /var/spool/mail directory w/ ~6000 mbox format inboxes, handling approx 1GB delivered as 75,000 messages daily. Virtually all access is via imap, w/ approx ~1000 imapd

ext2/3 files per directory limits

2005-02-23 Thread Ron Peterson
I would like to better understand ext2/3's performance characteristics. I'm specifically interested in how ext2/3 will handle a /var/spool/mail directory w/ ~6000 mbox format inboxes, handling approx 1GB delivered as 75,000 messages daily. Virtually all access is via imap, w/ approx ~1000 imapd

Re: ext2/3 files per directory limits

2005-02-23 Thread Joel Jaeggli
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005, Ron Peterson wrote: I would like to better understand ext2/3's performance characteristics. I'm specifically interested in how ext2/3 will handle a /var/spool/mail directory w/ ~6000 mbox format inboxes, handling approx 1GB delivered as 75,000 messages daily. Virtually all

Re: ext2/3 files per directory limits

2005-02-23 Thread Lee Revell
On Wed, 2005-02-23 at 22:11 -0500, Ron Peterson wrote: I would like to better understand ext2/3's performance characteristics. I'm specifically interested in how ext2/3 will handle a /var/spool/mail directory w/ ~6000 mbox format inboxes, handling approx 1GB delivered as 75,000 messages

Re: ext2/3 files per directory limits

2005-02-23 Thread Andrew Morton
Ron Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to better understand ext2/3's performance characteristics. I'm specifically interested in how ext2/3 will handle a /var/spool/mail directory w/ ~6000 mbox format inboxes, handling approx 1GB delivered as 75,000 messages daily. Virtually