> > Quad core Xeon 2.8GHz md RAID6 of 16 x 750GB. Delete 20GB file: > > > > time rm -f dump > > > > real 0m1.849s > > user 0m0.000s > > sys 0m1.633s > > 3.2 GHz AMD Athlon 64 x 2 RAID6 of 10 x 1T: > > RAID-Server:/RAID/Recordings# ll sizetest.fil > -rw-rw-rw- 1 lrhorer users 27847620608 2009-04-24 03:21 sizetest.fil > RAID-Server:/RAID/Recordings# time rm sizetest.fil > > real 0m21.503s > user 0m0.000s > sys 0m6.852s > > See what I mean? 'Zero additional activity on the array other than the rm > task. We'll see what happens with XFS. So far, it's looking much better. I'll test it again when the array is closer to being full. RAID-Server:/RAID/Recordings# ll testfile -rw-rw-rw- 1 lrhorer users 12506679296 2009-04-25 03:29 testfile RAID-Server:/RAID/Recordings# time rm testfile real 0m0.111s user 0m0.000s sys 0m0.000s -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html