From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Jan 16 17:10:00 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E60DEE7B654 for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2018 17:10:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@cretaforce.gr) Received: from smtp2.cretaforce.gr (smtp2.cretaforce.gr [88.99.190.95]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.cretaforce.gr", Issuer "RapidSSL SHA256 CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7B9278329A for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2018 17:10:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@cretaforce.gr) Received: from server1.cretaforce.gr (server1.cretaforce.gr [138.201.248.69]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.cretaforce.gr", Issuer "RapidSSL SHA256 CA" (verified OK)) by smtp2.cretaforce.gr (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 65501121596 for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2018 19:00:25 +0200 (EET) Received: by server1.cretaforce.gr (Postfix, from userid 109) id 49A9427344; Tue, 16 Jan 2018 19:00:25 +0200 (EET) Received: from 192.168.2.4 (unknown [83.235.111.184]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: chris@cretaforce.gr) by server1.cretaforce.gr (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 14A122732E for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2018 19:00:25 +0200 (EET) From: Christos Chatzaras Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 11.2 \(3445.5.20\)) Subject: Re: Directory listing speed Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2018 19:00:21 +0200 References: <3zLS8V1nCxz3jYqr@baobab.bilink.it> <3zLZwN5C0Bz3jYr2@baobab.bilink.it> <3zLbvJ0vtWz3jYmC@baobab.bilink.it> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <3zLbvJ0vtWz3jYmC@baobab.bilink.it> Message-Id: <07D1FD39-39AC-479C-8005-1F08936AE07E@cretaforce.gr> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.5.20) X-Bogosity: Ham X-CretaForce-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-CretaForce-MailScanner-ID: 65501121596.A63F2 X-CretaForce-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-CretaForce-MailScanner-From: chris@cretaforce.gr X-Spam-Status: No X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2018 17:10:01 -0000 Can you show the output of command: gpart list > On 16 Jan 2018, at 18:55, Luciano Mannucci = wrote: >=20 > On Tue, 16 Jan 2018 17:18:48 +0100 > Michael Schuster wrote: >=20 >> a few questions come to mind: >> - what are you doing with the output (> /dev/null?)? > No, I'm sseing it on my ssh session. I have omitted it for brevity... = :) >=20 >> - how are you measuring this? > By looking at the clock on my xfce screen. I know it is not very = precise, > but the difference is substantial enough to make me think I've made > probably something wrong. >=20 >> - what else is the machine doing while you're doing your 'ls'? > It's normal duty: serving emails... :) Though it is not under heavy = load... >=20 >> - [you may have said so in an earlier message:] is the HW (including = disk >> infrastructure) comparable to the linux box? > No it isn't, it is ten years more modern, has twice the ram, 8 CPU = cores > instead of 2, and is able to deliver more than two tousand mail per = minutes > while the older linux system has never met a tenth of that speed. >=20 >> - is this time you're reporting, while significant, the only issue = you > Yes. >=20 >> have, or do you actually see something really show-stopping on that = machine >> (IOW, what problem are you trying to solve)? > I'm just worried. It is my first big freebsd server I've put in = production. >=20 >> - do you have comparable numbers in comparable directories? > Well, not really. It is the only directory where all the > files have a different owner. >=20 >> - do you see any error messages or warnings in the logs? > Nope. >=20 > Many thanks for now, >=20 > Luciano. > --=20 > /"\ /Via A. Salaino, 7 - 20144 Milano (Italy) > \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN / PHONE : +39 2 485781 FAX: +39 2 48578250 > X AGAINST HTML MAIL / E-MAIL: posthamster@sublink.sublink.ORG > / \ AND POSTINGS / WWW: http://www.lesassaie.IT/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"