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Optimizing Linux filesystems (NewsForge)

NewsForge has another excerpt from Linux Power Tools. "Most filesystems support a variety of options that may impact performance. For instance, large allocation blocks can improve performance by reducing fragmentation and the number of operations needed to retrieve an entire file. Some of these options can be set only at filesystem creation time, but some can be changed after the fact. Not all of these features are available in all filesystems."
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