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From: Noah Chanin <chanino@earlham.edu>
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Subject: Effecient Disk Usage
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I have been thinking about filesystems lately as I have been
setting up my FBSD box and some Ultrix boxes.  
I am wondering about effecient ways to cut the slices.
For example, is it better to make swap space some factor
of the page size (what is the page size in FreeBSD, is it
changeable?)
How much swap space should go on a machine?  I've heard
that 3xRAM size is good for X and 2X is good for consoles.
Are there any more rules of thumb?  Is there a list of 
rules of thumb somewhere?  Where can I learn more about the
FS?  Should mountable slices be a factor of the block size?
How much var is enough var?  How much MFS?  
I hope that this is an appropriate list to be asking these
questions.  
I am also interested in doing file system development at least
experimentally for myself?
Are their any pointers that those more experienced than myself
know of?

Thanks very much,
Following this list for a while has been a very eductional
experience for me?  

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Noah Chanin	chanino@earlham.edu
Earlham College Microcomputer Repair Specialist
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