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On Thursday 10 April 2003 10:39 am, Dominik Vogt wrote: > On Thu, Apr 10, 2003 at 10:30:05AM -0500, Brian Jackson wrote: > > Dominik, > > I've been wondering if stuffed files are more than just a size benefit. > > Do they offer anything in perfomance? Just curious. > > They save reading an additional data block. Unlike ext2, ogfs > uses a whole block for each inode. Since the inode data uses only > 232 bytes, most files in a typical system fit into their inode > block completely. It can save a lot of access time for small > files, especially since the data could be anywhere on the disk, > not necessarily near the inode block. Can more than one file be stuffed into the same block? --Brian > > Bye > > Dominik ^_^ ^_^ -- OpenGFS -- http://opengfs.sourceforge.net Home -- http://www.brianandsara.net/brian ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The debugger for complex code. Debugging C/C++ programs can leave you feeling lost and disoriented. TotalView can help you find your way. Available on major UNIX and Linux platforms. Try it free. www.etnus.com _______________________________________________ Opengfs-devel mailing list Opengfs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opengfs-devel