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What filesystem do you use/recommend? |
Ext2 |
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0% |
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Ext3 |
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49% |
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Ext3.5/Ext4 |
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1% |
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ReiserFS |
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30% |
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Reiser4 |
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6% |
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XFS |
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6% |
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JFS |
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2% |
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Other??? |
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1% |
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There's a difference between the filesystems!!! |
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2% |
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jdm64 n00b


Joined: 08 Mar 2004 Posts: 26 Location: CyberSpace
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Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 5:22 pm Post subject: 2006/2007 Filesystem Poll |
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Hi,
What filesytem do think is the best for:
1. Speed
2. Reliability
What is the partition layout of your disks; like partition sizes and filesystems.
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For me I prefer ReiserFS (I think it's better than Ext2/3, but I haven't tried JFS or XFS)
And my partition layout is usually like this:
/boot - 64MB - ReiserFS
swap - 1GB - Swap
/ - The rest - ReiserFS
But, I have experimented putting the portage directory in it's own partition.
It does improve the speed of emerge sync.
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(Note: there was another filesystem poll, but it was over a year old!)
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Brainfart Tux's lil' helper


Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 123 Location: Redmond, WA, USA
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Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 5:27 pm Post subject: |
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My layout:
Code: | /boot ext2
none swap
/home reiserfs
/ reiserfs |
On my desktop (WinXP/Kubuntu atm) I have lots of ext3 for sharing the space... |
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orlfman n00b

Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 68
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Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 5:27 pm Post subject: |
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EXT 3.. Been stable and fast for me. Had issues with Reiser in the past. _________________ Orlfman |
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bunder Bodhisattva

Joined: 10 Apr 2004 Posts: 5479
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Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 5:30 pm Post subject: |
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Code: | /dev/sda2 on / type ext3 (rw,noatime)
/dev/sda5 on /usr type ext3 (rw,noatime)
/dev/sda6 on /usr/portage type ext3 (rw,noatime)
/dev/sda7 on /var type ext3 (rw,noatime)
/dev/sda8 on /var/log type ext3 (rw,noatime)
/dev/sda9 on /opt type ext3 (rw,noatime)
/dev/sda10 on /home type ext3 (rw,noatime)
192.168.1.10:/mnt/data/distfiles on /usr/portage/distfiles type nfs (rw,noatime,soft,intr,addr=192.168.1.10,addr=192.168.1.10)
/dev/sda11 on /home/chris/.cedega type ext3 (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,user=chris)
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most of my systems follow this method of partitoning. _________________ overlay | patches
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mdeininger Veteran


Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 1740 Location: Emerald Isles, observing Dublin's docklands
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Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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this should tell you everything:
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helios media # df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
rootfs 9.2G 685M 8.1G 8% /
/dev/root 9.2G 685M 8.1G 8% /
tmpfs 501M 404K 501M 1% /dev
/dev/sda6 19G 4.6G 13G 27% /usr
/dev/sda7 19G 9.4G 8.1G 54% /opt
tmpfs 501M 1.3M 500M 1% /tmp
chronos:/media/storage-1
120G 74G 40G 65% /media/storage-1
chronos:/media/storage-0
28G 8.6G 18G 33% /media/storage-0
/dev/sda9 49G 33M 49G 1% /media/storage-3
/dev/loop0 19G 8.4G 9.1G 49% /home
/dev/sdb1 107M 81M 21M 80% /media/pda-root
helios media # mount
rootfs on / type rootfs (rw)
/dev/root on / type ext3 (rw,data=ordered)
tmpfs on /dev type tmpfs (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
/dev/sda6 on /usr type ext3 (rw,data=ordered)
/dev/sda7 on /opt type ext3 (rw,data=ordered)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw)
chronos:/media/storage-1 on /media/storage-1 type nfs (rw,vers=3,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,hard,proto=udp,timeo=7,retrans=3,sec=sys,addr=chronos)
chronos:/media/storage-0 on /media/storage-0 type nfs (rw,vers=3,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,hard,proto=udp,timeo=7,retrans=3,sec=sys,addr=chronos)
/dev/sda9 on /media/storage-3 type reiserfs (rw,noatime)
/dev/loop0 on /home type ext2 (rw)
/dev/sdb1 on /media/pda-root type ext2 (ro)
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ext2 and 3 are good enough for just about anything, so i use that. i used to use reiser... but for some reason i don't anymore, not even sure why.
that's only on linux, anyway. on servers i only use *BSDs, so obviously i'm mostly using UFS on those  _________________ "Confident, lazy, cocky, dead." -- Felix Jongleur, Otherland
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stobbsm Guru

Joined: 23 May 2004 Posts: 452
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Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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ext3 and reiserfs
my layout:
Code: | /dev/sda1 - /boot - ext2
/dev/sda2 - swap
/dev/sda3 - / - ext3
/dev/hda5 - /usr/portage - reiserfs
/dev/hda6 - /home - ext3 |
_________________ Sysadmin of Ubuntu systems and servers....
Although my own server is gentoo.... |
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playfool l33t


Joined: 01 Jun 2004 Posts: 688 Location: Ã
rhus, Denmark
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Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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I'm currently using ext3, but as soon as Reiser4 gains xattr support I'll be switching my system to using that for my own reasons. For now I'd recommend ext3, it's stable and performs decently given tweaking like dir_index. |
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Fran Guru


Joined: 29 Feb 2004 Posts: 530 Location: Coruña (Spain)
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Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 6:00 pm Post subject: |
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ext3 for everything except /usr/portage, which is reiserfs. |
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jpmayer87 n00b

Joined: 19 Mar 2006 Posts: 51 Location: Troy, NY
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Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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I have /boot on an ext2 partition, / on ext3
/usr/portage is on a squashfs with a unionfs overlay on it
JP |
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aidy l33t

Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Posts: 915
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Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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Ext3 I used reiserfs and xfs, but for they are much more crash sensitive etc. |
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R.Smith Tux's lil' helper


Joined: 20 Nov 2005 Posts: 131 Location: Caerdydd, Cymru.
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Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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Ext3 on all partitions (except swap, obviously) with dir_index and full journalling. Tried, tested and true.  |
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John-Boy Guru


Joined: 23 Jun 2004 Posts: 439 Location: Desperately seeking moksha in all the wrong places
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Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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ext3 - don't want to play silly whatsits with me data _________________ Like the Roman, I seem to see "the River Tiber foaming with much blood" |
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madchaz l33t


Joined: 01 Jul 2003 Posts: 993 Location: Quebec, Canada
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Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:20 pm Post subject: |
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I use mostly reiserfs
I've tried XFS, but I use it only on my video storage partition exclusively now. The reason is that it's extremly fast at deleting large files. _________________ Someone asked me once if I suffered from mental illness. I told him I enjoyed every second of it.
www.madchaz.com A small candle of a website. As my lab specs on it. |
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chINeSe mIDgEts Apprentice


Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 209 Location: look behind you
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Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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/boot = ext2
/ = reiserfs
/home = reiserfs
~/movies = xfs
~/music = xfs _________________ ...it must have been very demanding having to learn how to use Microsoft Office, right up there with other lofty challenges like learning how to zip your fly without getting your dick caught. |
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lamaistres Apprentice


Joined: 17 Dec 2002 Posts: 268 Location: Seattle
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Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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/boot is ext2 and the other partitions are ext3. _________________ "Always do what you want, and say what you feel,
because those who mind don't matter, and those
who matter don't mind." -- Dr. Suess |
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atrus123 Guru


Joined: 06 Jul 2005 Posts: 339 Location: Annapolis, MD
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Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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XFS baby!
Well, actually I only use that on my MythTV box. Everything else is ext3 or ReiserFS. _________________ "I cannot support a movement that exploded spending and borrowing and blames its successor for the debt."
-Andrew Sullivan |
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Ma3oxuct Guru


Joined: 18 Apr 2003 Posts: 523
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Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:11 am Post subject: |
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I have done a lot of Filesystem testing, and have come to the conclusion that he best overall filesystem is JFS. XFS is great for big files, Reiserfs is great for small files, while JFS is good for both types. In terms of data loss, I have not heard any cases of it, where as with Reiserfs and XFS, I have heard some cases.
I have not heard of any data problems with ext3, but I have found it to perform much worse than JFS, reiserfs, or xfs. |
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clintpatty Apprentice


Joined: 21 Jul 2005 Posts: 173 Location: Alabama
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Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 1:25 am Post subject: |
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/dev/sda7 on / type ext3 (rw,noatime)
/dev/sda6 on /usr/portage type ext3 (rw,noatime)
/dev/hdg1 on /mnt/seagate type xfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,noatime)
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I have some others that aren't currently mounted. I chose XFS for the storage hard drive, but if I had it to do over again, I would choose ext3. I can tell no difference between pimped out ext3 and reiserfs. I haven't tried JFS or Reiser4. |
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swoolley n00b

Joined: 20 Jun 2003 Posts: 0
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Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 2:21 am Post subject: panasas panfs |
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bash-3.00$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
<snip>
nfs.<snip>:/
15T 8.0T 6.1T 57% /.automount/nfs.<snip>/root
nfs.<snip>:/
20T 14T 6.1T 70% /.automount/nfs.<snip>/root
<snip>
bash-3.00$ df
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
<snip>
<snip1>:/
15060107360 8579062944 6481044416 57% /.automount/<snip1>/root
<snip2>:/
21061543104 14540368160 6521174944 70% /.automount/<snip2>/root
<snip>
http://panasas.com/panfs.html |
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Old School Apprentice


Joined: 20 Nov 2004 Posts: 240 Location: West Bank of the Coast Fork
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Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 2:23 am Post subject: |
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Ext 3 here. Tried and true. _________________ The further a society drifts from truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.
George Orwell
It just keeps getting better |
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energyman76b Advocate


Joined: 26 Mar 2003 Posts: 2045 Location: Germany
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petrjanda Veteran


Joined: 05 Sep 2003 Posts: 1557 Location: Brno, Czech Republic
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Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:12 am Post subject: |
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My workstation:
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[elevator] ~% df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
/dev/ad4s1a 496M 95M 361M 21% /
/dev/ad4s1d 7.7G 82M 7.0G 1% /var
/dev/ad4s1e 496M 116M 341M 25% /tmp
/dev/ad4s1f 34G 6.4G 25G 21% /usr
/dev/ad4s1g 29G 14G 12G 54% /home
procfs 4.0K 4.0K 0B 100% /proc
/dev/ad0s2 14G 14G 264M 98% /mnt/windows
linprocfs 4.0K 4.0K 0B 100% /usr/pkg/emul/linux/proc
/dev/cd0c 4.3G 4.3G 0B 100% /mnt/cdrom
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I have a spare 80gb drive in the system to use when /home runs out of space.
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[elevator] ~% mount
/dev/ad4s1a on / (ufs, local)
/dev/ad4s1d on /var (ufs, local, soft-updates)
/dev/ad4s1e on /tmp (ufs, local, soft-updates)
/dev/ad4s1f on /usr (ufs, local, soft-updates)
/dev/ad4s1g on /home (ufs, local, soft-updates)
procfs on /proc (procfs, local)
/dev/ad0s2 on /mnt/windows (ntfs, local, read-only)
linprocfs on /usr/pkg/emul/linux/proc (linprocfs, local)
/dev/cd0c on /mnt/cdrom (cd9660, local, read-only)
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My server has a 74gb Cheetah in it.
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[porncatalog] ~% df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
/dev/da0s1a 496M 98M 358M 22% /
/dev/da0s1d 7.8G 54M 7.1G 1% /var
/dev/da0s1e 1008M 38K 927M 0% /tmp
/dev/da0s1f 38G 2.4G 33G 7% /usr
/dev/da0s1g 17G 4.1M 16G 0% /home
procfs 4.0K 4.0K 0B 100% /proc
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[porncatalog] ~% mount
/dev/da0s1a on / (ufs, local)
/dev/da0s1d on /var (ufs, local, soft-updates)
/dev/da0s1e on /tmp (ufs, local, soft-updates)
/dev/da0s1f on /usr (ufs, local, soft-updates)
/dev/da0s1g on /home (ufs, local, soft-updates)
procfs on /proc (procfs, local)
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Both systems have UFS, and run dragonfly. _________________ There is, a not-born, a not-become, a not-made, a not-compounded. If that unborn, not-become, not-made, not-compounded were not, there would be no escape from this here that is born, become, made and compounded. - Gautama Siddharta |
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aidy l33t

Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Posts: 915
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Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:34 am Post subject: |
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I had SO the same expieriences with XFS
I thought I was doing something wrong, but its really XFS... |
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/dev/random l33t


Joined: 26 Nov 2004 Posts: 704 Location: Austin, Texas, USA
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Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:54 am Post subject: |
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/boot is ext2 and / and /home are ext3 with dir_index |
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mrsteven Veteran


Joined: 04 Jul 2003 Posts: 1937
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Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 11:18 am Post subject: |
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ext3: rock solid and fast enough (with dir_index)
I used ReiserFS for a long time, but it slowed really down due to fragmentation, so let's see if ext3 is better...  _________________ Unix philosophy: "Do one thing and do it well."
systemd: "Do everything and do it wrong." |
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