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Re: mutt - slow mbox'es



* Michelle Konzack <linux4michelle@xxxxxxxxxx> [07-22-04 11:44]:
> Am 2004-07-22 10:11:37, schrieb Patrick Shanahan:
> >
> >Please explain why ext3 would be preferred over ext2 for "speed".
> 
> Dont know, it is only an experience...
> Since I have backuped my whole FileServer (including the installation 
> and refornmated the partitions with ext3 support, smaller blocksize 
> and more inodes, and installed back my Backup.

If you were using ext2, a reformat to go to ext3 was *not* necessary.

> It runs much faster...

feeling or tested against the clock??

> All Machines which are running ext2 are slower the the ext3 ones.

again

> This is why I love ext3  :-)

I see.  Did you know the main difference between ext2 and ext3 is
journaling?  Which does not make *any* difference with reguard to speed
unless you are running 2.6.+ kernel.  It makes recovery of a file-system
better.

Changing block size *may* have made a difference, but it would have made
the same difference in ext2.
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