[zfs-code] Never A Slow ls

2009-02-04 Thread Andreas Dilger
On Feb 02, 2009 02:39 -0800, Ben Rockwood wrote: > This is just a thought exercise but I'm curious what would exactly be > involved in essentially biasing caching such that a 'ls -al' was never slow. > > In my experience, IO speed an vary, but if a user types "ls -al" in > the shell and the r

[zfs-code] Never A Slow ls

2009-02-03 Thread Ian Collins
Ben Rockwood wrote: > This is just a thought exercise but I'm curious what would exactly be > involved in essentially biasing caching such that a 'ls -al' was never slow. > > In my experience, IO speed an vary, but if a user types "ls -al" in the shell > and the response isn't nearly instanta

[zfs-code] Never A Slow ls

2009-02-02 Thread Jason King
On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 1:43 PM, Richard Elling wrote: > Ben Rockwood wrote: >> Ian Collins wrote: >> >>> Ben Rockwood wrote: >>> This is just a thought exercise but I'm curious what would exactly be involved in essentially biasing caching such that a 'ls -al' was never slow. >>

[zfs-code] Never A Slow ls

2009-02-02 Thread Richard Elling
Ben Rockwood wrote: > Ian Collins wrote: > >> Ben Rockwood wrote: >> >>> This is just a thought exercise but I'm curious what would >>> exactly be involved in essentially biasing caching such that a 'ls >>> -al' was never slow. >>> >>> In my experience, IO speed an vary, but if a user t

[zfs-code] Never A Slow ls

2009-02-02 Thread Ben Rockwood
Ian Collins wrote: > Ben Rockwood wrote: >> This is just a thought exercise but I'm curious what would >> exactly be involved in essentially biasing caching such that a 'ls >> -al' was never slow. >> >> In my experience, IO speed an vary, but if a user types "ls -al" in >> the shell and the res

[zfs-code] Never A Slow ls

2009-02-02 Thread Richard Elling
Ben Rockwood wrote: > This is just a thought exercise but I'm curious what would exactly be > involved in essentially biasing caching such that a 'ls -al' was never slow. > > In my experience, IO speed an vary, but if a user types "ls -al" in the shell > and the response isn't nearly instanta

[zfs-code] Never A Slow ls

2009-02-02 Thread Ben Rockwood
This is just a thought exercise but I'm curious what would exactly be involved in essentially biasing caching such that a 'ls -al' was never slow. In my experience, IO speed an vary, but if a user types "ls -al" in the shell and the response isn't nearly instantaneous they start calling IT s