> Hard links are only directory entries with refcounts on the target inode, so > that when the last link to an inode is removed the inode will be deleted. > > Symlinks are inodes with a string that points to the original name. They are > not recounted on the target, but require a new inode to be allocated for each > one. > > It isn't obvious which one would be slower, since they both have some > overhead. > > Is your sample size large enough? 1000 may only take 1s to complete and may > not provide consistent results.
The 1000 creates need between 2.9 and 3.0 s (3 runs) for the hard links and 2.2-2.3 s (3 runs as well) for the soft links. I think the numbers are "not so bad" in terms of accuracy. Thanks for the explanation. Michael _______________________________________________ Lustre-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lustre.org/mailman/listinfo/lustre-discuss
