> The problem I have now is similar to previous posts in this list before, but I > couldn't find the solution. If the solution is there, please refer me to > that, and I apologize for not being able to find it. > > I recently installed RH7.3, with ext3 fs, on several identical computers. > The processor is AMD 1900+, the motherboard is ASUS A7V266-C, > and the hard drive is a Maxtor 40GB, 7200 rpm. 512 MB memory. > > The problem appears when I run a large program, that needs to > dump a lot of data to the disk. "kjournald" starts to take cpu > and then my program must share the cpu. Consequently, > my program needs a longer real time tu run. > > Is this normal? > How can I get the ext3 fs to perform as well as the ext2 fs? > It is necessary to do some 'tuning' on the ext3fs? I've hade similar problem. Upgrading kernel from 2.4.18-3 to 2.4.18-5 fixed it. Mindaugas
