"Sebastian Reitenbach" <sebastia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > installhost2:~ # time ls -la /mnt/index/ | wc -l > 500005 > > real 2m41.015s > user 0m4.568s > sys 0m6.520s > > > installhost2:~ # time ls -la /mnt/noindex/ | wc -l > 500005 > > real 0m10.792s > user 0m3.172s > sys 0m6.000s > > I expected the dir_index should speedup this a little bit? > I assume I'm still missing sth? I think the point of dir_index is "only" to quickly find in a large directory a file when you _already_ have its name. The performance of listing is not its purpose, and as you noted it, even makes performance worse. -- Nicolas _______________________________________________ Ext3-users mailing list Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users
