Re: tuning XFS for tiny files

[Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

timotheus wrote:
> Hi. Is there a way to tune XFS filesystem parameters to better address
> the usage pattern of 10000s of tiny files in directories such as:
>     maildir directory
>     mh mail directory
>     ccache directory
> 
> My understanding is that XFS will always be much slower than reiserfs
> with respect to deleting 10000s files; but that XFS might be possible to
> tune toward more rapid read access of 10000s of tiny files.
> 
> Regards,
> -timotheus

Do you have a way to benchmark your load?

logv2 at mkfs time, and throwing in larger logbufs & logbsize as mount
options might help.

-Eric