Ingo Bormuth wrote: > > > #df: > /dev/hda8 6357768 3478716 2879052 55% /cache > > Before doing so, the partition was >90% full. The performance difference between >90% full and 55% full will be large on every filesystem. When we ship a repacker, that will be less true, because we will have large chunks of unused space after the repacker runs.
Oddly enough, I don't know the statistics for reiser* filesystems, but I know that for FFS you should not let it become more than 85% full before buying a new disk (or cleaning your home directory) if you want good performance.
