[notmuch] Notmuch performance (literally, in my case)

[Ben Gamari]

On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:40:17 +0530, "Aneesh Kumar K. V" <aneesh.kumar at linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> Ext3 fsync related issue is a know problem due to the way journalling is
> handled in ext3. The solution for that would be data=writeback ( with
> its loss of data integrity ) or not yet upstreamed data=guarded. Another
> option would be to try ext4 which should not be impacted that badly by
> the data=ordered journalled mode
> 
This problem occurred for me not only with ext4 but also btrfs.

- Ben