People,
I am looking for peoples feedback to the following situation:
We have a data base structure consisting of some 3280 directories containing
about 6560 files. The directory structure is about 65MB in size. The average
file size is quite small.
The change rate is fairly slow, say a couple hundred transactions / hour
(This is absolute TOP rate).
This is a WEB interface to our DNS management system. We need to be able to
search and locate entries in this structure rapidly (lets say sub 10sec). I
am interested in peoples experience and options.
The ideas on the table so far:
* RAMDISK, it is small enough, keep a snapshot in RAM access at memory
speed (What RAM DISK OPTIONS USED IN TRU64?)
* Hard Ware this is always an option, I would like to keep this as a
last resort, use existing resources to their maximum. We could always throw
an EMC with a few gig's and pre-emptive frame access...
* Alternate FS: currently using ADVFS, go to UFS. muck around with
UBC....
* other options???
If people can forward their thoughts I will summarise.
Cheers,
Guy
Guy R. Loucks
Senior Unix Systems Administrator
Networks Branch
NSW Department of Education & Training
Information Technology Bureau
Direct +61 2 9942 9887
Fax +61 2 9942 9600
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Email guy.loucks_at_det.nsw.edu.au
Received on Mon Apr 10 2000 - 06:56:06 NZST