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ScottChapman
Dec 07, 2014Apprentice
Write performance on EXT3/EXT4 is REALLY SLOW!
So, thought this was just an issue with EXT4, but reformatted to EXT3 and am still getting ridiculously slow write performance. Any ideas on how to make it more reasonable? I see that barrier=1 is ...
ScottChapman
Dec 08, 2014Apprentice
I turned off journaling and that appears to help a lot. Barrier=1 might also be an issue, but that is a mount option... So, I don't think I can easily mess with that.
For what its worth I *think* the problem doesn't exist on the Pro series. I am doing the same backup scheme (except USB3) on my dad's Pro series machine, formatted to EXT4, and it performs like a champ.
For what its worth I *think* the problem doesn't exist on the Pro series. I am doing the same backup scheme (except USB3) on my dad's Pro series machine, formatted to EXT4, and it performs like a champ.
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