AmigaOS3.5 (75/193)

From:Neil Bothwick
Date:14 Aug 2000 at 09:09:00
Subject:Re:SFS vs PFS

Kisa 2o0o said,

>>Here are Amiga Format's filesystem test results in seconds:
>> Copy Rename Delete

>>FFS 254.72 103.04 7.74
>>PFS3 35.04 4.16 2.64
>>SFS 54.36 5.32 8.46

> 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 !!!

The test didn't use a single large file, while is atypical usage. It
used a directory of average files. The tests I ran when reviewing PFS3
for Amiga Active gave similar results, even though the tests were
completely independent of AF's.

Neil



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