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Re: Linus rant on HFS+

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In article <54c69af7$0$19857$c3e8da3$33881b6a@news.astraweb.com>, Jerry
Bishop <jerry.bishop@nowhere.nohow.com> wrote:
> 
> The only issue case-insensitivity ever caused for me was back several 
> years ago when I ditched Linux as my main desktop OS (because I was 
> just fucking sick and tired of always having to fuck with 
> Linux/KDE/Gnome to get and/or keep it working right) and moved to OS X. 
>  The transfer of my data from EFS to HFS+ had a couple burps cause I 
> had a couple folders and files that differed only by the case of the 
> letters in the names.  Easily caught and easily corrected.
> 
> Really, my only problem with HFS+ now is that is seems pretty slow 
> compared to other file systems, especially on external USB media -- and 
> REALLY REALLY slow if you encrypt the external volume (but that is 
> actually understandable once you realize how USB drives are written to 
> differently than magnetic media).
> 
> So, a rant based on architecture and optimization of data throughput 
> might be useful to hear.  A rant on case sensitivity not so much.
> 
> OK, going back into my corner to eat paste, now. (thanks for the vivid 
> imagery, Linus).

I don't know that HFS+ itself is slow, but the Finder certainly is. I
often copy document files from my hard drive to a USB stick (mostly to
back them up), and at one point I did some tests. Using the Finder to
copy say 100MB+ in documents would take a few minutes, whereas using a
third-party sync software to do the same documents usually takes around
one minute. My guess is the Finder does some extra verification of the
copied file and updating the OS desktop files, while the sync sofware
doesn't bother.

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  Re: Linus rant on HFS+ Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-26 02:00 +0000
    Re: Linus rant on HFS+ JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-01-26 12:30 -0500
      Re: Linus rant on HFS+ Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-26 17:40 +0000
      Re: Linus rant on HFS+ Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-26 17:45 +0000
        Re: Linus rant on HFS+ Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-26 17:47 +0000
    Re: Linus rant on HFS+ Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2015-01-27 20:52 -0800
      Re: Linus rant on HFS+ Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-01-27 21:11 -0800
        Re: Linus rant on HFS+ Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-28 15:01 +0000
          Re: Linus rant on HFS+ Joanna Shuttleworth <js@example.com> - 2015-01-29 08:14 +0000
            Re: Linus rant on HFS+ Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-29 15:17 +0000
      Re: Linus rant on HFS+ Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2015-01-27 22:39 -0800
      Re: Linus rant on HFS+ Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-28 14:59 +0000
      Re: Linus rant on HFS+ Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-01-28 12:21 -0500
        Re: Linus rant on HFS+ Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-28 17:32 +0000
  Re: Linus rant on HFS+ nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-25 21:13 -0500
  Re: Linus rant on HFS+ Jerry Bishop <jerry.bishop@nowhere.nohow.com> - 2015-01-26 14:52 -0500
    Re: Linus rant on HFS+ Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-01-27 09:27 +1300
    Re: Linus rant on HFS+ Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-01-26 15:36 -0500
      Re: Linus rant on HFS+ Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-01-28 13:45 -0800
        Re: Linus rant on HFS+ Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2015-01-28 13:52 -0800
        Re: Linus rant on HFS+ Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-01-28 22:14 +0000
          Re: Linus rant on HFS+ Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-01-28 18:53 -0800
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    Re: Linus rant on HFS+ Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-01-26 16:38 -0800

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