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Mike Kelly <pioto@g.o> posted |
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20061003134603.2e6e97d1@××××××××××××××××××.org, excerpted below, on Tue, |
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03 Oct 2006 13:46:03 -0400: |
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>> Does it need to be tons and tons of small files, or can |
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>> we get away with a set of larger files with some sort of header? |
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> Hmm, parsing that would be a more difficult task for my scripts (which |
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> are just basic bash code doing some greps). Also, it seems like the many |
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> small files are easier to maintain. I don't know enough about rsync to |
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> know how it would affect efficiency, though. It's something I'll try |
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> and look into further. |
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Also keep in mind the effect of many small files on block oriented |
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filesystems like ext2/3/4. Some of us use reiserfs or similar |
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"compacting" filesystems where it matters little for our local copy of |
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the tree, but not everybody does, and that file-per-block thing can make a |
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sizable difference on small files in quantity. |
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FWIW I prefer the small files for ease of adm. as well, but just sayin'. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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