[Dovecot] linux 2.4 vs 2.6 kernel
Marcus Rueckert
rueckert at informatik.uni-rostock.de
Tue Jul 19 21:20:21 EEST 2005
On 2005-07-19 11:14:03 +1000, vmstech wrote:
> hi
> 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.
> Glenn
Quick answer:
ext3 with dir_index is fine.
this link has some nice speed comparision:
http://lwn.net/Articles/10904/
hope this helps
darix
p.s.: my personal preference is XFS.
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