Re: [gentoo-user] Best file system for portage tree?

2012-03-13 Thread YoYo Siska
On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 10:23:49AM +0100, Alex Schuster wrote: José Romildo Malaquias writes: On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 07:36:07PM +0100, YoYo Siska wrote: mke2fs -f -b1024 -i2048 /usr/img_portage The -f option from mke2fs is to specify a fragment size and expects an argument. Do

Re: [gentoo-user] Best file system for portage tree?

2012-03-12 Thread José Romildo Malaquias
On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 07:36:07PM +0100, YoYo Siska wrote: On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 03:35:05PM +, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sat, 10 Mar 2012 14:30:15 +0100, Alex Schuster wrote: Any tips on this? Does it make sense to use a special file system just for the portage tree? What would be

Re: [gentoo-user] Best file system for portage tree?

2012-03-12 Thread Alex Schuster
José Romildo Malaquias writes: On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 07:36:07PM +0100, YoYo Siska wrote: mke2fs -f -b1024 -i2048 /usr/img_portage The -f option from mke2fs is to specify a fragment size and expects an argument. Do you -F (which forces mke2fs to create a filesystem, even if the

Re: [gentoo-user] Best file system for portage tree?

2012-03-11 Thread Alex Schuster
YoYo Siska writes: On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 03:35:05PM +, Neil Bothwick wrote: I use an ext2 filesystem for portage, it's still the fastest out there. Journals are unnecessary because its such a small filesystem, and if it does get damaged I can just reformat and sync again. Replaying

[gentoo-user] Best file system for portage tree?

2012-03-10 Thread Alex Schuster
Hi there! Is there an advantage in putting the portage tree on an extra partition? Currently, I'm using reiserfs, because I read that it is efficient when using many small files. On the other hand I also heard that it tends to get slower with every emerge --sync. Space is no longer an argument

Re: [gentoo-user] Best file system for portage tree?

2012-03-10 Thread Dale
Alex Schuster wrote: Hi there! Is there an advantage in putting the portage tree on an extra partition? Currently, I'm using reiserfs, because I read that it is efficient when using many small files. On the other hand I also heard that it tends to get slower with every emerge --sync.

Re: [gentoo-user] Best file system for portage tree?

2012-03-10 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 10.03.2012 14:30, schrieb Alex Schuster: Hi there! Is there an advantage in putting the portage tree on an extra partition? Yes. It allows you to use a smaller and more appropriate block size like 1k or 2k which decreases internal fragmentation. It also increases locality of data,

Re: [gentoo-user] Best file system for portage tree?

2012-03-10 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Mar 10, 2012 8:33 PM, Alex Schuster wo...@wonkology.org wrote: Hi there! Is there an advantage in putting the portage tree on an extra partition? Currently, I'm using reiserfs, because I read that it is efficient when using many small files. On the other hand I also heard that it tends

Re: [gentoo-user] Best file system for portage tree?

2012-03-10 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Mar 10, 2012 10:09 PM, Pandu Poluan pa...@poluan.info wrote: On Mar 10, 2012 8:33 PM, Alex Schuster wo...@wonkology.org wrote: Hi there! Is there an advantage in putting the portage tree on an extra partition? Currently, I'm using reiserfs, because I read that it is efficient

Re: [gentoo-user] Best file system for portage tree?

2012-03-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 10 Mar 2012 14:30:15 +0100, Alex Schuster wrote: Any tips on this? Does it make sense to use a special file system just for the portage tree? What would be best? Would it help to re-create this file system from time to time in case it gets slower with every sync? I use an ext2

Re: [gentoo-user] Best file system for portage tree?

2012-03-10 Thread Bryan Gardiner
On Sat, 10 Mar 2012 22:09:26 +0700 Pandu Poluan pa...@poluan.info wrote: On Mar 10, 2012 8:33 PM, Alex Schuster wo...@wonkology.org wrote: Hi there! Is there an advantage in putting the portage tree on an extra partition? Currently, I'm using reiserfs, because I read that it is

Re: [gentoo-user] Best file system for portage tree?

2012-03-10 Thread YoYo Siska
On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 03:35:05PM +, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sat, 10 Mar 2012 14:30:15 +0100, Alex Schuster wrote: Any tips on this? Does it make sense to use a special file system just for the portage tree? What would be best? Would it help to re-create this file system from time to

Re: [gentoo-user] Best file system for portage tree?

2012-03-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 10 Mar 2012 19:36:07 +0100, YoYo Siska wrote: I use an ext2 filesystem for portage, it's still the fastest out there. Journals are unnecessary because its such a small filesystem, and if it does get damaged I can just reformat and sync again. I use an ext2 partition in a 500MB