From: Chris Gehlker Date: 2002-06-18T06:08:52+09:00 Subject: Re: Are Unix tools just slow? On 6/17/02 12:43 PM, "Thomas Sondergaard" wrote: > On Mon, 2002-06-17 at 21:11, Chris Gehlker wrote: >> On 6/17/02 11:36 AM, "Christopher Browne" wrote: >> >>> If an SQL database is being used, then perhaps the _filesystem_ >>> doesn't have to get traversed, but that certainly doesn't eliminate >>> the need to traverse the _database_. >> >> But the difference is the difference between accessing *one* file and >> accessing *every* file. That's tremendous. > > According to that theory I should be able to improve my file system > performance by using a filesystem that uses a single (big) file in > (another) filesystem. I don't understand your 'in (another) filesystem' qualifier but yes, database filesystems, of which BeFS is probably the most famous, do just that and they *are* notoriously fast. -- Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators. -Albert Camus, writer and philosopher (1913-1960)