On 10/3/08, pradeepkumar soman <pradeep2481@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > I just want to know the factors on which the file system > read depends > > Regards, > Pradeep > I suspect that is way too general of a question, but read performance is impacted by: filesystem (ext2 / xfs / reiserfs / etc.) filesize / fragmentation cache size hardware bus (ide / sata / scsi / ramdisk / usb / firewire) including rotation speed / seek times cache sizes (os / controller / drive) raid setup (this can get complex) hardware errors (especially with raid, you want to fail fast on get the data from an alternate source) Maybe that will help you ask a more informative question. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
