Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list xfs); Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:00:13 -0700 (PDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.0-r574664 (2007-09-11) on oss.sgi.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SUBJ_MILLIONS autolearn=no version=3.3.0-r574664 Received: from cuda.sgi.com (cuda1.sgi.com [192.48.168.28]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id m5PGxrtl024548 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:59:57 -0700 X-ASG-Debug-ID: 1214413251-149300cb0000-NocioJ X-Barracuda-URL: http://cuda.sgi.com:80/cgi-bin/mark.cgi Received: from web34505.mail.mud.yahoo.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cuda.sgi.com (Spam Firewall) with SMTP id 408F6D4D5B9 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:00:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web34505.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web34505.mail.mud.yahoo.com [66.163.178.171]) by cuda.sgi.com with SMTP id BMtAGRk8vm6yuQkx for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:00:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 67175 invoked by uid 60001); 25 Jun 2008 17:00:50 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Message-ID; b=5qDWS4FlPKaSSojfylY4WZsPDm++/aNmTNjU7sMUgs6l+sjsxRXJCTfVZvlJIiwV4uNhasFGMX/S7+CzoDvqoCYkzP6gc9NpUEb4uOTdTLavFg6QNh3191Stl4JKYjivXkyX2gyn1PQAmVox8qMdfmQmAro0FkimMjh5bLcJZDQ=; Received: from [96.14.157.158] by web34505.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:00:50 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.7.199 Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:00:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Mark Reply-To: MusicMan529@yahoo.com X-ASG-Orig-Subj: Re: Performance problems with millions of inodes Subject: Re: Performance problems with millions of inodes To: Christoph Litauer , Emmanuel Florac Cc: xfs@oss.sgi.com In-Reply-To: <20080625180222.12885793@harpe.intellique.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: <889832.67139.qm@web34505.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-Barracuda-Connect: web34505.mail.mud.yahoo.com[66.163.178.171] X-Barracuda-Start-Time: 1214413253 X-Barracuda-Bayes: INNOCENT GLOBAL 0.0035 1.0000 -1.9981 X-Barracuda-Virus-Scanned: by cuda.sgi.com at sgi.com X-Barracuda-Spam-Score: -2.00 X-Barracuda-Spam-Status: No, SCORE=-2.00 using per-user scores of TAG_LEVEL=2.0 QUARANTINE_LEVEL=1000.0 KILL_LEVEL=2.1 tests= X-Barracuda-Spam-Report: Code version 3.1, rules version 3.1.54313 Rule breakdown below pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.2/6021/Wed Feb 27 15:55:48 2008 on oss.sgi.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-archive-position: 16535 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com X-original-sender: musicman529@yahoo.com Precedence: bulk X-list: xfs What type of RAID? If striping is involved, perhaps you should investigate the "su" and "sw" suboptions. I also found some performance improvement with "-l lazy-count=1", although you may not wish to slow down repair times for a backup volume. -- Mark "What better place to find oneself than on the streets of one's home village?" --Capt. Jean-Luc Picard, "Family"