linux-kernel - Re: [ANNOUNCE] Ramback: faster than a speeding bullet

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Message-ID: <47D8D232.9050001@davidnewall.com>
Date:	Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:35:22 +1030
From:	David Newall <davidn@...idnewall.com>
To:	Daniel Phillips <phillips@...nq.net>
CC:	Chris Friesen <cfriesen@...tel.com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Ramback: faster than a speeding bullet

Daniel Phillips wrote:
> On Wednesday 12 March 2008 23:30, David Newall wrote:
>   
>> Daniel Phillips wrote:
>>     
>>>> Your idea seems predicated on throwing large amounts of RAM at the
>>>> problem.  What I want to know is this: Is it really 25 times faster than
>>>> ext3 with an equally huge buffer cache?
>>>>         
>>> Yes.
>>>       
>> Well, that sounds convincing.  Not.  You know this how?
>>     
>
> By measuring it.  time untar -xf linux-2.2.26.tar; time sync
>   

No numbers.  No specifications.  And by doing a sync, you explicitly
excluded what I was asking, namely a big buffer cache.  You've certainly
convinced me; you don't know if your idea is worth a brass razoo.

Come back when you've got some hard data.
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