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File system fragmentation

  1. File system fragmentation

    I tested this again after a couple of years, and the behavior doesn't
    seem to have changed: If a Berkeley DB database is written using TDS
    with a reasonably sized cache, data is written from the cache to the
    file system in what a appears to be a random fashion. Apparently, a lot
    of holes are created, which are then filled. This degrades file system
    performance and makes hot backups somewhat difficult (because the read
    performance is a fraction of that what can actually achieved).

    Is there still no way to preallocate the contents of B-tree files?

    (Without TDS, the problem disappears, it seems to be related TDS or the
    cache size.)

  2. Re: File system fragmentation

    post to http://forums.oracle.com/forums/forum.jspa?forumID=271
    they have bdb dev taking questions
    On Jul 16, 12:40*pm, Florian Weimer wrote:
    > I tested this again after a couple of years, and the behavior doesn't
    > seem to have changed: If a Berkeley DB database is written using TDS
    > with a reasonably sized cache, data is written from the cache to the
    > file system in what a appears to be a random fashion. *Apparently, a lot
    > of holes are created, which are then filled. *This degrades file system
    > performance and makes hot backups somewhat difficult (because the read
    > performance is a fraction of that what can actually achieved).
    >
    > Is there still no way to preallocate the contents of B-tree files?
    >
    > (Without TDS, the problem disappears, it seems to be related TDS or the
    > cache size.)



  3. Re: File system fragmentation

    * wawawawa:

    > post to http://forums.oracle.com/forums/forum.jspa?forumID=271
    > they have bdb dev taking questions


    Some Sleepycat folks used to be around here, too.

    Registering for forums is always a bit of a hassle, and they require
    tons of informatio$n.

  4. Re: File system fragmentation

    * wawawawa:

    > post to http://forums.oracle.com/forums/forum.jspa?forumID=271
    > they have bdb dev taking questions


    Some Sleepycat folks used to be around here, too.

    Registering for forums is always a bit of a hassle, and they require
    tons of information.

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