Re: e2fs performance as function of block size

Alan Cox
2000-11-22T00:58:11Z

> It's as though the disk drivers are optimized for this case (1024). I

The disk drivers are not, and they normally see merged runs of blocks so they
will see big chunks rather than 1K then 1K then 1K etc.

> behavior, but there is clearly some optimization relative to this size
> inherent in the design of Linux -- and it may be a pure accident. This
> person may be mixing and matching block sizes in the buffer cache, which
> would satisfy your explanation.

I see higher performance with 4K block sizes. I should see higher latency too
but have never been able to measure it. Maybe it depends on the file system.
It certainly depends on the nature of requests