Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 20:14:10 +0200 From: Andre Oppermann <andre@freebsd.org> To: Marian Hettwer <MH@kernel32.de> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: filesystem performance with lots of small files Message-ID: <430E0A72.1090702@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <430E06AA.2000907@kernel32.de> References: <430E06AA.2000907@kernel32.de>
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Marian Hettwer wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm actually testing around with FreeBSD 6 BETA 3. Regarding stability > I'm really pleased, it runs and runs and runs :) > No problems on that front. > Back to the topic. I have a directory with several thousands (800k and > more) small files. UFS2 shows a pretty low performance. I don't have > numbers yet, but I'd like to know in advance wether there are tunable > parameters. I couldn't find any sysctl'´s or kernel parameters. > I'll report numbers, as soon as I have them. > And yes, I disabled the debugging features in my kernel (WITNESS, > INVARIANTS ...) > Besides, I know that 6-BETA is not about performance at all :) > > any tips on file system performance with small files, though ? What is low performance for you? Is it creating a new file, opening an existing file, reading from a file, etc? What is your point of reference you compare to (FreeBSD 4.11, etc)? -- Andre
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