Re: [notmuch] Notmuch performance (literally, in my case)

Subject: Re: [notmuch] Notmuch performance (literally, in my case)

Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:22:45 -0700 (PDT)

To: Aneesh Kumar K. V, Olly Betts, martin f krafft

Cc: notmuch@notmuchmail.org

From: Ben Gamari

On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:40:17 +0530, "Aneesh Kumar K. V" <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> Ext3 fsync related issue is a know problem due to the way journalling is
> handled in ext3. The solution for that would be data=writeback ( with
> its loss of data integrity ) or not yet upstreamed data=guarded. Another
> option would be to try ext4 which should not be impacted that badly by
> the data=ordered journalled mode
> 
This problem occurred for me not only with ext4 but also btrfs.

- Ben

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