Subj : hpt squish corruption
To   : Gerrit Kuehn
From : mark lewis
Date : Sat Jun 09 2018 13:57:56

 On 2018 Jun 09 10:46:28, you wrote to me:

 GK>>> 50k of files, and you'll see what I mean.

 ml>> i don't kon whow long your "ages" is but around these parts, it is
 ml>> only a few minutes... i regularly use find to search a directory tree
 ml>> containing over 1 million files...

 GK> "a few minutes" is exactly what I would call "for ages".

wow, really??

 ml>> dolphin just took 3:45 minutes to tell me the tree in question
 ml>> contains

 GK> When you're searching for an arbitrary file every now and then, "a few
 GK> minutes" might be just fine. However, we were talking about storing
 GK> mail. Waiting a few minutes before being able to open a mail is a
 GK> no-go for me.

the above was after a fresh boot... the file cache was relatively empty... a 
second search returned within seconds... possibly up to 30 seconds depending on 
the search...

)\/(ark

Always Mount a Scratch Monkey
Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it 
wrong...
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