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Huge Increase for Ext2/Ext3 Performance

Posted by chrisd on from the speed-is-good dept.

pixelbeat writes "Grigory Orlov origonally implemented this new allocator for FreeBSD, and it's been merged in 2.5.46 and the first benchmarks are in: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103 650970512510&w=2 In summary: 13% increase on unpacking a kernel tarball 43% increase on uncached kernel tree traversal 48% increase on cached kernel tree traversal 170%increase on deleting kernel tree"

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  1. Re:So... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Even a 13% improvement is nice. It makes the fast system even faster...

    >>>Or am I just another stupid Micro-Serf who doesn't get that _every_ percentage increase is an increase to write to Slashdot about.

    No, you're just a micro-serf who's trying to antagonize people into an argument, as if that was original....

  2. Re:lots-a- small files by benjamindees · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This would be more of a test of your hard drive than the filesystem. If you just need to manipulate one big file, you don't really need a filesystem, then, do you?

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