https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231494 Summary: abysmal ext3 performance Product: openSUSE 10.2 Version: Final Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Kernel AssignedTo: kernel-maintainers@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: seife@novell.com QAContact: qa@suse.de OtherBugsDependingO 215208 nThis: seife@strolchi:/local/video> mount /dev/sda5 on / type ext3 (rw,acl,user_xattr) proc on /proc type proc (rw) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw) debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw) udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,mode=0620,gid=5) /dev/sda2 on /boot type ext2 (rw,acl,user_xattr) /dev/sda7 on /local type ext3 (rw) securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw) /dev/sda6 on /home type ext3 (rw,noatime,loop=/dev/loop0,encryption=twofish256) /home/seife/local/news on /var/spool/news type none (rw,bind) automount(pid16746) on /mounts type autofs (rw,fd=4,pgrp=16746,minproto=2,maxproto=4) automount(pid16748) on /suse type autofs (rw,fd=4,pgrp=16748,minproto=2,maxproto=4) automount(pid16750) on /secret type autofs (rw,fd=4,pgrp=16750,minproto=2,maxproto=4) seife@strolchi:/local/video> ls -l bigdir/ total 1304027 -rw-r--r-- 1 seife suse 1329380501 3. Jan 03:25 001.vdr -rw-r--r-- 1 seife suse 719576 3. Jan 03:25 index.vdr -rw-r--r-- 1 seife suse 2508 3. Jan 02:25 info.vdr seife@strolchi:/local/video> du -sh bigdir/ 1,3G bigdir/ seife@strolchi:/local/video> time rm -rf bigdir/ real 0m53.093s user 0m0.004s sys 0m2.100s So it takes 1 second per 24MB to delete files. This is bad. With reiserfs and with xfs, the rm takes practically mo time at all. Setup is a 10.2, fresh installed with standard ext3 options on a Pentium M 1,6GHz, with 2MB RAM, intel 855 chipset, using the libata drivers (ata_piix) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.