Re: rm -rf is too slow on large files and directory structure(Around 30000)

[Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>]

Bilal mk <bilalhifx@gmail.com> writes:
> I am using xfs filesystem and also did the fsck. DMA is enabled.
> Also perfomed xfs defragmentation( xfs_fsr). But still an issue not only rm
> -rf but also cp command

Traditionally XFS is super slow when deleting lots of little files --
much, _much_, slower than ext3, for instance...

[I guess it's supposed to be better now, but I dunno, I"ve only
experienced the slow version.]

-Miles

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