Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 15:25:13 -0600 From: "Sean Heber" <sean@bebits.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Are huge file systems bad? Message-ID: <002d01bf5d43$845331e0$0a04cfd1@mwci.net>
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I'm setting up a server that needs a lot of storage area online via web and ftp. Basically, what we're doing is giving our >650 registered developers ftp access so they do not have to find alternative hosting providers. Basically, my question is 2-fold.. 1) Are huge file systems bad? I have concatenated two large drives together using vinum. The resulting file system is 50Gig. 2) Is there another way to structure this that would keep file systems small but be easy to manage if number 1 is bad? Our structure for the ftp site has the ftp dir for each user under /sites/ftp/usr. So like this: usr/bdev1 usr/bdev2 usr/bdev3 usr/bdev4 usr/bdev5 ... As far as I can tell, that makes it very hard to break up all the space into smaller partitions. So that's why I went the vinum route. However, I've had conflicting reports that large file systems can be really dangerous. So I'd like to know for sure. Yes, this 50GB will be backed up. But I want to avoid any unnecessary problems ahead of time. Thanks! l8r Sean BeBits Admin http://www.bebits.com/ "I have no respect for a man who can only spell a word one way." - Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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