AmigaOS3.5 (67/193)

From:Don Cox
Date:13 Aug 2000 at 17:46:19
Subject:Re: SFS vs PFS

On 13-Aug-00, Kisa 2o0o wrote:

> This test gave WRONG results! Upon this test deleting file
> on FFS is faster (!!!) then on SFS ?! Try to create a very
> huge file (ISO image is ok) and then delete it! IT take about
> 2-3 mins on FFS! and only few seconds on SFS !!!

I don't have SFS on any partitions yet, but I tested deletion of an ISO
image, 590 Megs in size, in FFS.

It took less than 2 seconds on an A2000.

This has a SCSI drive connected to an A2091 with a Guru ROM, and the
partition is formatted with 8k blocks. (The GURU ROM makes a big
difference).

(There is a second SCSI drive on this machine, connected to a Phase5 2040,
which also drives the CD reader and the CD writer. I find this computer
works well for CD writing.)

So if faster deleting is a reason for installing SFS, I might not
bother!

Actually, I plan to try it on the YAM partition, which has directories
with thousands of files.

Regards



Don Cox
doncox@enterprise.net