From owner-freebsd-performance@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 27 23:45:35 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8A9116A4BF for ; Wed, 27 Aug 2003 23:45:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gandalf.online.bg (gandalf.online.bg [217.75.128.9]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C71F343FF5 for ; Wed, 27 Aug 2003 23:45:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from roam@ringlet.net) Received: (qmail 1757 invoked from network); 28 Aug 2003 06:36:30 -0000 Received: from office.sbnd.net (HELO straylight.ringlet.net) (217.75.140.130) by gandalf.online.bg with SMTP; 28 Aug 2003 06:36:29 -0000 Received: (qmail 85256 invoked by uid 1000); 28 Aug 2003 06:45:25 -0000 Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 09:45:24 +0300 From: Peter Pentchev To: vezku@surfeu.fi Message-ID: <20030828064524.GH385@straylight.oblivion.bg> References: <4064.62.142.81.6.1062049638.squirrel@redbull.tiscali.fi> <20030828062051.GE385@straylight.oblivion.bg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="JkW1gnuWHDypiMFO" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030828062051.GE385@straylight.oblivion.bg> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i cc: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Soft Update - directory/file listing X-BeenThere: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Performance/tuning List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 06:45:36 -0000 --JkW1gnuWHDypiMFO Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1251 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 09:20:51AM +0300, Peter Pentchev wrote: > On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 08:47:18AM +0300, vezku@surfeu.fi wrote: > > Hey all, > >=20 > > I'm having trouble with slow directory/file listing, which especially > > noticable with SSH. It can be noticed when doing "ls -l" (UID/GID > > resolving, sorting)on a directory that has only about 200 > > files/subdirectories. > > My system is a 5.1-RELEASE, sparc64 on SUN250E (I first asked from the > > sparc64 list). There are about 5000 accounts on this server. >=20 > A quick shot in the dark: is the file listing also slow *without* > the uid/gid resolving? >=20 Oh, and another one: if the answer to the above is 'yes', then are those 5000 accounts actually local to the system (stored in the passwd file/db), or accessed via YP/NIS, LDAP or something similar? > > The file system does not have Soft Updates enabled. Would this help? > > Any similar experiences? All hints greatly appreciated. Thanks! G'luck, Peter --=20 Peter Pentchev roam@ringlet.net roam@sbnd.net roam@FreeBSD.org PGP key: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~roam/roam.key.asc Key fingerprint FDBA FD79 C26F 3C51 C95E DF9E ED18 B68D 1619 4553 =2Esiht ekil ti gnidaer eb d'uoy ,werbeH ni erew ecnetnes siht fI --JkW1gnuWHDypiMFO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/TaUE7Ri2jRYZRVMRArvIAKCsHpj8LlRrOXEc42ksztHp5rvtFQCgwQGo hV7ua37xcDBT2MjlJ1fdbjI= =w20D -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --JkW1gnuWHDypiMFO--