Deleting large chunks of data in Red Hat Enterprise Linux on an ext3 filesystem takes a very long time.

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Issue

  • When deleting large amounts of data from an ext3 filesystem the delete operation takes a long time to complete. Can the performance of delete operations be improved?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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