On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 09:50:39AM -0500, Matt Mitchell wrote: > It seems like there is a lot of contention for the directory inodes > (which is probably unavoidable) and that would likely be helped by > segregating the files into smaller subdirectories. right > Implementation-wise, is there a magic number or formula to follow for > sizing these directories? one general rule is that the more nodes can work in their own directories, the less contention and better performance > Does the number of journals make a difference? no, each node uses its own journal so there's no contention there -- Dave Teigland <teigland@xxxxxxxxxx>
