Which filesystem should I use

Andreas Happe news_0403 at flatline.ath.cx
Mon Apr 25 07:47:22 UTC 2005


On 2005-04-10, Darryl Clarke <smartssa at gmail.com> wrote:
> The only time I really find ext3 slow is when
> there are hundreds upon hundreds of files in a single directory.

try:
tune2fs -O DIR_INDEX <device>.

These should enable htrees instead of linked lists for entries.. which
should make you problem go away.

	//Andreas





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