Slower performance with ext4

[Karl F. Larsen]

Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> --- On Fri, 10/30/09, Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> From: Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: Slower performance with ext4
>> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Date: Friday, October 30, 2009, 7:05 AM
>> Raphael wrote:
>>> Help, after I had clean installed Karmic on my ext4
>> partition, 
>>
>> the performance was significantly slower compared to ext3.
>>
>>   Startup was around 7 secs but with ext4 it's now 20
>> secs 
>> application
>>
>>   speeds are also slower.
>>
>>
>>     If you can document this in a bug report
>> it will help the 
>> designers of ext4 to work on their project to speed it up.
>>     
>> I have been working on my wife's Windows XP and it is sure
>>
>> lazy coming on. They have an early Microsoft add, and then
>> XP 
>> starts to unfold...
>>
>> Karl
>>
>>
> Karl, try reading the link the OP gave.  A bug report has already been filed.  Actually it was on data loss as far as I read. 
> Leonard Chatagnier
> lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
> 
> 
	I did goto his bug report and the responders seemed to change 
it to lost data. In his message he said ext3 was much faster 
than ext4.


Karl


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