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From: Patrick Greenwell <patrick@stealthgeeks.net>
To: Dennis Berger <Dennis.Berger@nipsi.de>
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Subject: Re: dirpref gives massive performance boost
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On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, Dennis Berger wrote:

> I tested FreeBSD-4.4 stable checked out today with  a new created filesystem and a old
> existing one. The results are on the old filesystem with just tar and untaring ports, I
> can report afaik no speed up. On the new created filesystem the results are very
> impressive about 6 to 10 times faster.

I'd love to hear any reports from folks running the dirpref code on any
sort of RAID'd devices (vinum, DPT, Adaptec, etc.) or comments from those
in the know as to whether such marked speedup can be expected.

TIA

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