[Dovecot] linux 2.4 vs 2.6 kernel
Dan Hollis
test3943395 at anime.net
Tue Jul 19 05:24:39 EEST 2005
On Tue, 19 Jul 2005, vmstech wrote:
> I read ( I think in dovecot wiki) that ext2 or ext3 fs on a 2.4 kernel
> can get slow due to the number of files in a directory. Does anyone know
> if kernel 2.6 has similar limitation? I'm not at that point now, but
> before the box goes live, I'm wondering if I should resolve that.
Yes, ext2/ext3 is subject to the performance degradation unless you use
special patches.
You can use xfs, jfs or reiserfs(recommended) as they dont suffer from
this issue.
-Dan
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