hi, On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 02:20:49PM +0100, Dragan Krnic wrote: > > ext2/ext3 manipulate the directory entries using lists > > so if you have a great many files in one directory you > > will see performance issues as you describe. The answer > > to this is to change filesystem - no mean feat with your > > data sizes. Filesystems like XFS and ReiserFS use binary > > trees to manipulate the directory entries and it is a far > > faster way of doing things with crowded directories so > > you should see an improvemnet. > > Migrating to another file system should not be a big headache, if > you have the means (free disk space, tapes). Such a shame ReiserFS > has no ACLs. By far the best for such situations.
just for the record: all the recent SuSE-versions ship with acls on xfs,ext2/ext3,jfs and guess what: reiserfs. on SuSE Linux 8.1 you have to enable it though and recompile your kernel. cheers, guenther -- Guenther Deschner [EMAIL PROTECTED] SuSE Linux AG GnuPG: 8EE11688 Berliner Str. 27 phone: +49 (0) 30 / 430944778 D-13507 Berlin fax: +49 (0) 30 / 43732804
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