> Can you try the Solaris "fastfs" utility and post the results? It should
> make ufs performance much closer to ext2 (and give you the same
> reliability as ext2 (for better or worse, but it has been a *LONG* time
> since I've seen my Solaris or Linux boxes panic)).
>
> I've attached the source for fastfs.
It makes a tremendous difference:
before fastfs: Did 88 loops in 3.00 seconds (29.33 loops/sec)
after fastfs: Did 9900 loops in 3.00 seconds (3304.41 loops/sec)
Thanks for the source! I think I have seen a version of this for SunOS
from several years ago, but I never had one for Solaris.
Jim
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