On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 08:47:37AM -0800, Shawn O. Pearce wrote: > >> - System resource cost we incur by having to keep 50 file > >> descriptors open and maintaining 50 mmap windows will reduce by > >> 50 fold. > > > > I wonder how measurable that is (and if it matters on Linux versus less > > efficient platforms). > > It does matter. We know it has a negative impact on JGit even on Linux > for example. You don't want 300 packs in a repository. 50 might be > tolerable. 300 is not. I'd love to see numbers if you have them. It's not that I don't believe it is slower, but knowing _how much_ is important when thinking about what kind of performance increase we are looking to get (which in turn impacts how much effort to put into the repacking). -Peff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html