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On Sat, 2009-05-02 at 21:01 +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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> Martin Herrman wrote: |
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> > All, |
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> > After reading this: |
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> > http://ext4.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Ext4_Howto#Converting_an_ext3_filesystem_to_ext4 |
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> > do you have any experience with mounting your ext3 filesystems using the |
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> > ext4 module? Is the performance improvement noticeable? |
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> There isn't because the existing files are still stored in the old |
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> format. Only new files will benefit. |
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> The only useful way to jump on ext4 is to rsync all the filesystem |
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> somewhere else, format as ext4 and then rsync back. |
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I copied important files (sqlite databases mostly) to get the benifits |
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for them. I don't currently have any place big enough to back up the |
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whole filesystem. |
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Daniel |
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