From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 26 02:21:04 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA11503 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 02:21:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from shell2.la.best.com (shell2.la.best.com [209.24.216.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA11497 for ; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 02:21:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nugundam@shell2.la.best.com) Received: (from nugundam@localhost) by shell2.la.best.com (8.9.2/8.9.2/best.sh) id CAA19227; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 02:20:00 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <19990126022000.A18703@la.best.com> Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 02:20:00 -0800 From: "Joseph T. Lee" To: Arjan , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Disk fragmentation and FreeBSD References: <021101be45fa$eddae9c0$98626dc2@lisboa.nedstat.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <021101be45fa$eddae9c0$98626dc2@lisboa.nedstat.nl>; from Arjan on Fri, Jan 22, 1999 at 12:32:44PM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Jan 22, 1999 at 12:32:44PM +0100, Arjan wrote: [globs of slightly related quoting deleted] > In the past I've read that Linux ext2 would be good at doing this too. I'm > working with lots of small files, which have a line of approx. hundred bytes > added every once in a while. Though the story is that Linux ext2 is good at > this I am experiencing a fragmentation of +/- 20% on this particular > partition. In the near future I'm going to do some performance tests of > FreeBSD vs. Linux. Would be nice to see which of those two performs better > also regarding disk fragmentation, file access times, etc. Also, maybe which is better for error recovery in case say the power disappears.. -- Joseph nugundam =best=com==/==\=IIGS=/==\=Playstation=/==\=Civic HX CVT=/==\ # Anime Expo 1998 >> www.anime-expo.org/ > # Redline Games >> www.redlinegames.com/ > # Cal-Animage Epsilon >> www.best.com/~nugundam/epsilon/ > # EX: The Online World of Anime & Manga >> www.ex.org/ / To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message