Computer Problems? Computing.Net has over 1,000,000 posts about all things technology related! Over 90% answered within 24 hours! Click here to start participating now! Also, be sure to check out the New User Guide.
XFS is Sloooooooow
Name: Jared Date: November 12, 2002 at 12:09:45 Pacific OS: Mandrake 9 CPU/Ram: athlon
Comment:
Is it me or XFS is so sloooooow compared to ext2? Thanks
Name: junky_toof Date: November 12, 2002 at 15:12:52 Pacific
Reply:
Doesn't seem that way to me. What kernel and what tests have you done that demonstrate this?
0
Response Number 2
Name: armin Date: November 12, 2002 at 17:44:03 Pacific
Reply:
well, from my experience xfs is possibly a little slower than ext2 (really just a little), but since i have already had data loss with ext2 xfs is clearly my fs of choice.
Summary: Reiser4 is the fastest but still beta, reiserfs is quite good. XFS is good but gets corrupted (my experience), I haven't tried JFS but I think ext3 is the best. ...
Summary: from the console run drakxservices (as root) and make sure "xfs" is running. xfs is the X font server and controls these fonts..so if it doesn't start you won't be able to start the X server.. If it ...
0 
