| To: | Dave Sill <ds-linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: newfs speed? |
| From: | Bryan-TheBS-Smith <b.j.smith@xxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Wed, 03 Oct 2001 16:15:30 -0400 |
| Cc: | linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx |
| Organization: | SmithConcepts/AbsoluteValueSystems |
| References: | <wx0wv2c1of5.fsf@sws5.ctd.ornl.gov> |
| Sender: | owner-linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx |
Dave Sill wrote: > I've got a 200GB h/w RAID 5 that I want to convert from e2fs to > XFS. It takes ~8 hours to fsck it now. About how long will it take to > newfs as XFS? Near-instantenous, because XFS creates inodes on-the-fly. Now if you want to convert to XFS, that's a whole different story. Backup and restore works fastest. ;-PPP -- TheBS -- Bryan "TheBS" Smith mailto:b.j.smith@xxxxxxxx chat:thebs413 Engineer AbsoluteValue Systems, Inc. http://www.linux-wlan.org President SmithConcepts, Inc. http://www.SmithConcepts.com |
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