On Sun, Aug 17, 2003 at 02:21:48AM -0400, Tim McGrath spake thusly: > So, basically reiser3 is unusuable by mostly anyone who doesn't want > high cpu usage for their filesystem. Hell, it nearly *crippled* my poor > demented 486 when I tried using it on it. But, that's a single case - > however it does demonstrate that the fs really does need a large amount > of cpu time just to function.
I have to disagree with this. reiser uses more cpu to gain more effective disk usage. Spending some extra time in cpu to prevent a much longer disk seek is a huge net gain. You can't evaluate the overall performance just by looking at cpu usage. -- Tracy Reed http://ultraviolet.org
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