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However, looking at what we were backing up, we found one directory that had almost 500,000 files in it. Not just in the directory tree, just in the directory. Each file is tiny, less than 4k. This explained why [Ext2]/[Ext3] had such poor performance, they don't handle large directories very well, and why [ReiserFS] and [XFS] performed so well, they both support using [BTree]s to store their directory layouts.
After deleting this directory we discovered that [Ext3]'s performance had dropped to 17 minutes. This was acceptable for time, and kept us very happy. And thusly ended my time spent swearing at FileSystems, at least for now.
-;: -- PerryLorier
+;: -- PerryLorier (August 2003)
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