Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2001 18:30:06 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Kirk McKusick <mckusick@mckusick.com> Cc: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Using a larger block size on large filesystems Message-ID: <3C117B2E.233D704D@mindspring.com> References: <200112071913.fB7JCvf29494@beastie.mckusick.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Kirk McKusick wrote: > On balance, I do not see either of these as strong enough reasons > to special case `small' filsystems though I would not object if > you choose to do so. FYA, we had this same debate a bit over a > decade ago when we changed the default from 4K/512 to 8K/1K. > Obviously, we decided not to special case small filesystems > then despite great hand-wringing over what would happen... The problem now is that people are trying to redefine "small" as large enough that this is going to bite someone... -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?3C117B2E.233D704D>