Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucsd!usc!samsung!uunet!mcsun!ukc!axion!delluk!tim From: tim@delluk.uucp (Tim Wright) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Re: File system performance Message-ID: Date: 2 Nov 90 19:03:05 GMT References: <267@srchtec.UUCP> <1990Oct19.130404.25352@nstar.uucp> <1990Oct31.120401.4814@nstar.uucp> <1990Oct31.212543.28245@ico.isc.com> <1990Nov01.114726.14348@nstar.uucp> Sender: usenet@delluk.uucp (Usenet posting login) Organization: Dell Computer Corp., Bracknell, UK Lines: 18 In <1990Nov01.114726.14348@nstar.uucp> larry@nstar.uucp (Larry Snyder) writes: >rcd@ico.isc.com (Dick Dunn) writes: >>Not too surprisingly, we've looked at that a bit. One answer stands out >>like a sore thumb: If you're running V.4, *don't* use the old-style s5 >>file system unless you really need it. The BSD-style file system is a far >>better performer. >Yes - but 8K blocks - just think what that would do to your partition >with all the news articles -- Can you say 1/2K frags ? I knew you could :-) :-) -- Tim Wright, Dell Computer Corp. (UK) | Email address Dell Computer Corp. (UK), Bracknell | Domain: tim@dell.co.uk Tel: +44-344-860456 | Uucp: ...!ukc!delluk!tim "What's the problem? You've got an IQ of six thousand, haven't you?"