This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C1B1D0.D0468140 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1255" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I am running postfix on RH machine. decided to upgrade one of my = machines from 7.1 to 7.2 - performance drop of 75 percent !!!!! moved back to ext2(remount partition as ext2) - performance is back. on the 7.1 upgraded to ext3 (only the disks), rebooted - performance drop of 70 percent... used a 2.4.17 kernel compiled by myself - a little faster then the last RH kernel, but still runs at third of the best speed !!! mountext all partitions as ext3 except /var (postfix queue is there) - = performance is good. any comments, suggestions ? i don't thiink it's an acceptable compromise = to loose 75% performance to gain better recoverablility, considering the = stability of linux. Alex ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C1B1D0.D0468140 Content-Type: text/html; charset="windows-1255" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dwindows-1255"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>I am running postfix on RH machine. decided to = upgrade one=20 of my machines from 7.1 to 7.2 - performance drop of 75<BR>percent=20 !!!!!<BR><BR>moved back to ext2(remount partition as ext2) - = performance is=20 back.<BR><BR>on the 7.1 upgraded to ext3 (only the disks), rebooted -=20 performance<BR>drop of 70 percent...<BR><BR>used a 2.4.17 kernel = compiled by=20 myself - a little faster then the<BR>last RH kernel, but still runs at = third of=20 the best speed !!!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>mountext all partitions as ext3 except /var = (postfix queue=20 is there) - performance is good.</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT><BR>any comments, suggestions ? i don't=20 thiink it's an acceptable compromise to loose 75% performance to = gain=20 better recoverablility, considering the stability of linux.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Alex</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C1B1D0.D0468140--
