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kiwix / kiwix-xulrunner

[ARCHIVED] Legacy Kiwix desktop solution for Windows/macOS/Linux
https://download.kiwix.org/release/kiwix-xulrunner/
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Should copy-on-write be disabled when using kiwix-index and btrfs? #345

Closed ghost closed 7 years ago

ghost commented 7 years ago

I'd like to index my zim files with kiwix-index but it seems to take an enormous amount of time while slowing my system considerably. I wonder if that may depend on the fact that I'm using the btrfs filesystem. Is disabling the btrfs copy-on-write feature for the directory with the zim files needed? My zim files are stored in ~/Kiwix, so I may need to run the following command:

chattr +C ~/Kiwix

Did anybody else experience a similar problem?

I'm making some tests right now, but it will take a while. I'm going to leave a feedback later.

kelson42 commented 7 years ago

kiwix-index is slow yes, I do not think this is problem with btrfs.

kelson42 commented 7 years ago

Better us the indexes with already provide

ghost commented 7 years ago

Unfortunately I didn't find any obvious difference between enabling/disabling copy-on-write for the directory containing zim files. I'm probably going to accept your suggestion and use the indexes you already provide. Thanks.