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Date:      Tue, 9 Feb 2010 01:14:45 +0100
From:      Pieter de Goeje <pieter@degoeje.nl>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        Mihai =?utf-8?q?Don=C8=9Bu?= <mihai.dontu@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD's UFS vs Ext4
Message-ID:  <201002090114.46167.pieter@degoeje.nl>
In-Reply-To: <201002082219.02103.mihai.dontu@gmail.com>
References:  <4B6ED119.2060308@mailinglist.ahhyes.net> <201002081154.26064.pieter@service2media.com> <201002082219.02103.mihai.dontu@gmail.com>

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On Monday 08 February 2010 21:19:01 Mihai Don=C8=9Bu wrote:
> On Monday 08 February 2010 12:54:26 Pieter de Goeje wrote:
> > > Even deleting a large file off that raid array I can
> > > see a difference, prior to reformatting, i deleted a 190GB file off t=
he
> > > raid, under UFS the delete took quite some time (well over 10 seconds=
),
> > > under ext4 the deletion of the same size file took about 3 seconds.
> >
> > File deletion speed is relevant how?
>
> It can be, depending on the workload. I (as a Linux user) moved from ext3
> to xfs, ignoring the warnings about file deletion [being slow]. Now I _ki=
nd
> of_ regret it. Seems I have more than one program on my laptop that delet=
es
> files (kmail's email-expiration thing comes to mind). I also work on a
> project that creates large log files an deletes them (periodically). When
> all these programs meet, I go for a coffee. :)

I agree that file deletion speed can be important in normal usage scenarios=
=2E=20
However my question was asked in the context of an FTP up or download, whic=
h=20
does not involve deleting files. :-)

=2D-
Pieter de Goeje



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