<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> Is there any way to “tune” gfs so that it will run faster? I have a GFS partition with data on it which our internal order system accesses. It is a text based (command line) driven application which is installed on the local disks, and accesses the data through the /data directory which is mounted on the GFS partition. When I run the program, I can notice latency between menu changes. To confirm that it is GFS causing the latency, I created an ext3 partition on my SAN, unmounted /data from the GFS partition, then mounted /data to the newly created EXT3 partition. I placed the exact same data on this EXT3 partition, fired up my application, and it whips through menu changes instantly. This tells me that the SAN is fast, but GFS is not. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> What can I do to speed up GFS, or is this just the way it is? <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Thanks, <o:p></o:p> Brad Filipek <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> </div> </body> Confidentiality Notice: This message is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by email reply or by telephone and immediately delete this message and any attachments.</html>