The 03.10.09 at 22:12, David Blomber wrote:
Reiserfs does outperform ext3 when handling small files (by a factor of) Reiserfs is geared toward regular users except if you customize (hence why ext3 will beat Reiserfs when a db is concerned is DBs use large files the opposite is true for us normal users who spend more time in the smaller file area.
I understand that reiserfs is designed to be able to be... how can I explain, the database basis it self. I mean, instead of using large files and internal indexing on the database engine, move that layer to the filesystem. The reiserfs whould handle the storing and retrieving directly by records, and index it. No need to build a database on top of the filesystem and OS. [for a precise explanation of what I'm trying to say, go to the namesys web page :-) ] -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson