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What's the Damage? Measuring fsck Under XFS and Ext4 On Big Storage

Posted by timothy on from the disks-groaning-with-shame dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Enterprise Storage Forum's long-awaited Linux file system Fsck testing is finally complete. Find out just how bad the Linux file system scaling problem really is."

8 of 196 comments (clear)

  1. Breaking News! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    This just in:

    Full filesystem scans take longer as the size of the filesystem increases.

    News at 11.

  2. Damage? by eggstasy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Honey badger don't give a fsck.

  3. Re:fsck speed, want safety by darkpixel2k · · Score: 5, Funny

    when I need to fsck, I just call my girlfriend

    Why? Do you not know how to use the command line?

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  4. Re:linux is fail by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    sudo kill yourself

    ;-)

  5. Re:linux is fail by ifrag · · Score: 3, Funny

    I like how you completely ignored Solaris yet still presented the comment as if it was a valid counterargument.

    I also like how GP completely ignored Solaris. I just like the fact it is being ignored.

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  6. Re:linux is fail by lvxferre · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why would you replace a zero-ed string with another? At least use /dev/random, bro.

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  7. Re:fsck speed, want safety by lvxferre · · Score: 5, Funny

    Protip: if 'make love' returns no target, you need to do the job by hand.

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  8. Re:linux is fail by Saxophonist · · Score: 3, Funny

    No, you're thinking of ReiserFS.