Re: ext2 question

Stefan Monnier (monnier+lists/linux/kernel/news/@tequila.cs.yale.edu)
20 May 1999 17:39:18 -0400

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> But the log-wrap is not the only problem, the other performance problem of
> a real logfs is that we are not going to always read _data_ (not only
> metadata) in the same order we write things to disk... And we are going to
> read _far_ more frequently than writes...

But you might argue that the inherently dynamic layout of a log-structured
filesystem should make it easier to reorganize the disk on-the-fly
specifically for read access.

Stefan

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