mbh@MBH:~$ time find /home/mbh -iname ".mp3" > /dev/null

real    0m4.668s
user    0m0.260s
sys     0m0.350s
mbh@MBH:~$ time find /home/mbh -iname ".mp3" > /dev/null

real    0m4.616s
user    0m0.330s
sys     0m0.320s
mbh@MBH:~$ time find /home/mbh -iname ".mp3" > /dev/null

real    0m15.041s
user    0m0.320s
sys     0m0.370s
mbh@MBH:~$ time find /home/mbh -iname ".mp3" > /dev/null

real    0m12.530s
user    0m0.300s
sys     0m0.390s



mbh@MBH:~$ time locate ".mp3" > /dev/null

real    0m3.834s
user    0m0.590s
sys     0m0.050s
mbh@MBH:~$ time locate ".mp3" > /dev/null

real    0m0.618s
user    0m0.590s
sys     0m0.030s
mbh@MBH:~$ time locate ".mp3" > /dev/null

real    0m0.619s
user    0m0.590s
sys     0m0.030s