Re: Soft Update - directory/file listing

From: Peter Pentchev (roam_at_ringlet.net)
Date: 08/28/03

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    Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 09:45:24 +0300
To: vezku@surfeu.fi

    On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 09:20:51AM +0300, Peter Pentchev wrote:
    > On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 08:47:18AM +0300, vezku@surfeu.fi wrote:
    > > Hey all,
    > >
    > > I'm having trouble with slow directory/file listing, which especially
    > > noticable with SSH. It can be noticed when doing "ls -l" (UID/GID
    > > resolving, sorting)on a directory that has only about 200
    > > files/subdirectories.
    > > My system is a 5.1-RELEASE, sparc64 on SUN250E (I first asked from the
    > > sparc64 list). There are about 5000 accounts on this server.
    >
    > A quick shot in the dark: is the file listing also slow *without*
    > the uid/gid resolving?
    >

    Oh, and another one: if the answer to the above is 'yes', then
    are those 5000 accounts actually local to the system (stored in
    the passwd file/db), or accessed via YP/NIS, LDAP or something similar?

    > > The file system does not have Soft Updates enabled. Would this help?
    > > Any similar experiences? All hints greatly appreciated. Thanks!

    G'luck,
    Peter 

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