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Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:43:28 -0600 From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com> To: Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>, Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>, Harald Arnesen <skogtun.harald@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [ext4] Documentation patch Theodore Tso wrote: > Good points. OK, how about this? > > - When comparing performance with other filesystems, it's always > important to try multiple workloads; very often a subtle change in a > workload parameter can completely change the ranking of which > filesystems do well compared to others. When comparing versus ext3, > note that ext4 enables write barriers by default, while ext3 does > not enable write barriers by default. So it is useful to use > explicitly specify whether barriers are enabled or not when via the > '-o barriers=[0|1]' mount option for both ext3 and ext4 filesystems > for a fair comparison. When tuning ext3 for best benchmark numbers, > it is often worthwhile to try changing the data journaling mode; '-o > data=writeback,nobh' can be faster for some workloads. (Note > however that running mounting with data=writeback can potentially I'd say "running mounted with data=writeback...." other than that it looks good to me :) (sorta nitpicky but it probably won't be touched again for 5 years so may as well get it right now) :) -Eric > leave stale data exposed in recently written files in case of an > unclean shutdown, which could be a security exposure in some > situations.) Configuring the filesystem with a large journal can > also be helpful for metadata-intensive workloads. > > - Ted -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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