On Thu, 23 Jan 2003, plug bert wrote: > Hello! > > A good day to you all. i hear reiserfs is designed > for applications with lots of small files; but just > how "small" are we talking about? 1k, 2k files?
Yes, even smaller. Actually the key word is 'lots'. Having thousands of files in a directory makes directory searches slow on other file systems because of the way the entries are stored. Reiserfs uses hashes to store files, so access to each individual directory entry is faster. > > i also read in a rather outdated article that > reiserfs doesn't have any dump/restore utilities...is > this still the case? 'dd' and 'partimage' can do the same work for reiserfs without the need for dedicated utilities. > And has anyone tried *cloning* a reiserfs > partition/disk with, say Norton Ghost or partimage? Yes, and it works. The only thing i am unsure about reiser today is its treatment of bad blocks. Before, if a reiser system had bad blocks the kernel panics when you access the file with the bad block. _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
