Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Some issues

[Charles Duffy]

On Sat, 2004-07-10 at 16:38, Florian Weimer wrote:
> htree helps with large directories, but doesn't reduce wasted space in
> files.

...whereas reiserfs's tail compression _does_.

> Most users (including me) run more applications than just tla, so tla
> has to be efficiently on general-purpose file systems, too.

I don't think that the conclusion follows from the premise. Perhaps a
better statement would be:

        Most users (including me) run more applications than just tla,
        so a good filesystem has to be efficient with other
        applications, too.

That said, I agree that having adequate performance with common
filesystems is a desirable attribute.