On Fri, 2009-01-02 at 11:57 -0600, Mike McGrath wrote: > On Fri, 2 Jan 2009, Sascha Thomas Spreitzer wrote: > > > Hello again, > > > > this line looks suspicious to me: > > > > # name <active_objs> <num_objs> <objsize> <objperslab> > > <pagesperslab> : tunables <limit> <batchcount> <sharedfactor> : > > slabdata <active_slabs> <num_slabs> <sharedavail> > > ext3_inode_cache 98472 150260 760 5 1 : tunables 54 27 > > 8 : slabdata 30052 30052 189 > > > > Is it 1 big filesystem with about 1,342,177,280 inodes. Has this > > amount ever be tested in the wild? > > Not sure if it has been tested in the wild or not but the filesystem > itself contains a _TON_ of hardlinks. Creation of hardlinks is one of the > big purposes of this filesystem. Ah ha ... I bet that you'll find tar/cp-a/whatever is having a major problem keeping tabs on which inodes it's "seen", so it doesn't copy the same data N times. Try running: cp -a --no-preserve=links ... and see if that is much faster? -- James Antill <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Fedora _______________________________________________ Fedora-infrastructure-list mailing list Fedora-infrastructure-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-infrastructure-list
