> I already have softdep in there. May be you are write. Our source repos has a
> lot of directories and it involves a big directory walk. A lot of files are
> created in the process, including ofcourse the obj files.
> 
> I am using ext2fs on linux. Does that mean ext2fs is much better than ffs??
in THAT, exactly that case.. ffs assumes different things in different
directories and put it in different cylgroup.

to be exact - try async instead of softdep and large file buffer cache to
compare with linux situation..

async is fastest but dangerous..