[Gllug] lots of little files

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Sat, Oct 15, 2005 at 01:46:40AM +0100, Minty wrote:
> I have a little script, the job of which is to create a lot of very
> small files (~1 million files, typically ~50-100bytes each).
> 
> I'm running on a 500Mhz box PII box with a new 7,200rpm ATA disk.
> Debian Stable / Sarge. Ext3.  It's a old compaq desktop.
> 
> I'm massively limited by the disk IO.

How about re-remount the filesystem as ext2 to remove the extra IO required 
by the journal. When you're done, just tune2fs it to re-enable the journal.

Regards,
Dan.
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