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