Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 10:20:05 +0100 From: Dom Mitchell <Dom.Mitchell@palmerharvey.co.uk> To: Graeme Tait <graeme@echidna.com> Cc: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, info@boatbooks.com Subject: Re: File system gets too fragmented ??? Message-ID: <E10mwKb-0007Jl-00@voodoo.pandhm.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Graeme Tait's message of "Thu, 27 May 1999 05:07:11 PDT" <374D356F.80E@echidna.com>
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On 27 May 1999, Graeme Tait proclaimed: > BTW, I realize there is probably a better way to do this (database, > etc.), and we are thinking in that direction, but for the moment we > have a legacy setup and not much time to rework it. Also, I would have > thought that having many tiny files was not that unusual (e.g., a news > spool). Although a new spool does have a large number of small files (used to; most sane people now use cyclical files for their news instead), the size of those files is constant. They are created, then deleted, there is no update in the middle. It sounds like you've come up with something even worse for a filesystem than usenet - congratulations! -- Dom Mitchell -- Palmer & Harvey McLane -- Unix Systems Administrator "Value of 2 may go down as well as up" -- FORTRAN programmers manual -- ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. ********************************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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