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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. "170% increase on deleting kernel tree" by psyconaut · · Score: 5, Funny

    Speed increase on rm -r /: 170%
    Likelyhood of keeping your job after doing this: 0%
    Seeing your boss's face when you tell him: priceless

    -psyco