very slow deletions on ext3 USB drive

[Karl Auer]

On Fri, 2009-09-18 at 13:16 +0100, Flynn, Steve (L & P - IT) wrote:
> > Problem is, it is taking literally hours to remove each backup
> You could mount your drive with the "data=writeback" option

Good advice. I remounted the drive with data=writeback and commit=30.
Deletions are still taking a very long time, but they are happening MUCH
faster than before.

Thanks!

Regards, K.

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