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Are you using the Reiser3 filesystem for the Linux box? Reiser performs a lot better on directories with many small files than any of the other Linux filesystems. It also has a few gotchas (like you shouldn't store a Reiser filesystem image on a Reiser filesystem), but for this purpose it should be the FS of choice.


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