Accelerating directory's content's viewing: how, is directory is huge?
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 8:16 PM, Merciadri Luca
<Luca.Merciadri@student.ulg.ac.be> wrote:
> I have many media files in some specific directory (folder, call it as
> you want). Loading the folder takes ~30 sec., even if I am using quite
> fast HDDs, etc. They're all on the same partition. I have disabled
> previewing, or thumbnails.
>
> How can I do to make this process faster?
Hi Luca,
If you're using ext2/ext3, turning off dir/file access time might help.
Edit /etc/fstab and add noatime,nodiratime on the appropriate line,
like in the example below:
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05-19-2010, 10:51 AM
Merciadri Luca
Accelerating directory's content's viewing: how, is directory is huge?
Thanks, that did the trick!
Manon Metten wrote:
> On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 8:16 PM, Merciadri Luca
> <Luca.Merciadri@student.ulg.ac.be> wrote:
>
>
>
>> I have many media files in some specific directory (folder, call it as
>> you want). Loading the folder takes ~30 sec., even if I am using quite
>> fast HDDs, etc. They're all on the same partition. I have disabled
>> previewing, or thumbnails.
>>
>> How can I do to make this process faster?
>>
>
>
> Hi Luca,
>
> If you're using ext2/ext3, turning off dir/file access time might help.
> Edit /etc/fstab and add noatime,nodiratime on the appropriate line,
> like in the example below:
>
> /dev/hdb2 /home ext3 defaults,noatime,nodiratime 0 2
>
> Manon.
>
>
>
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05-19-2010, 10:56 AM
Merciadri Luca
Accelerating directory's content's viewing: how, is directory is huge?
I wanted to say that it now takes some seconds of less. I think that I'm
going to use CLI, no problem.
Merciadri Luca wrote:
> Thanks, that did the trick!
>
> Manon Metten wrote:
>
>> On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 8:16 PM, Merciadri Luca
>> <Luca.Merciadri@student.ulg.ac.be> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> I have many media files in some specific directory (folder, call it as
>>> you want). Loading the folder takes ~30 sec., even if I am using quite
>>> fast HDDs, etc. They're all on the same partition. I have disabled
>>> previewing, or thumbnails.
>>>
>>> How can I do to make this process faster?
>>>
>>>
>> Hi Luca,
>>
>> If you're using ext2/ext3, turning off dir/file access time might help.
>> Edit /etc/fstab and add noatime,nodiratime on the appropriate line,
>> like in the example below:
>>
>> /dev/hdb2 /home ext3 defaults,noatime,nodiratime 0 2
>>
>> Manon.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
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05-19-2010, 12:08 PM
Ron Johnson
Accelerating directory's content's viewing: how, is directory is huge?
On 05/19/2010 05:56 AM, Merciadri Luca wrote:
I wanted to say that it now takes some seconds of less. I think that I'm
going to use CLI, no problem.
I'm not sure I understand you. Do you mean that it's many seconds
faster, or just a few?
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Accelerating directory's content's viewing: how, is directory is huge?
Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 05/19/2010 05:56 AM, Merciadri Luca wrote:
>> I wanted to say that it now takes some seconds of less. I think that I'm
>> going to use CLI, no problem.
>>
>
> I'm not sure I understand you. Do you mean that it's many seconds
> faster, or just a few?
It is just a few seconds faster. Sorry if I was not clear.
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05-19-2010, 08:10 PM
Merciadri Luca
Accelerating directory's content's viewing: how, is directory is huge?
Thanks!
Ardison Nicolas wrote:
> Also you can use Midnight Commander {1} a CLI soft that i think that
> is fast.
> {1} apt-get install mc
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