Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2001 18:42:25 +0200 From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/newfs newfs.8 Message-ID: <3C10F171.FEE996EB@FreeBSD.org> References: <200111271953.fARJrFc88452@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > sheldonh 2001/11/27 11:53:15 PST > > Modified files: (Branch: RELENG_4) > sbin/newfs newfs.8 > Log: > MFC: rev 1.44 - 1.46: > > Following on from 1.26.2.11, reintroduce the now corrected example > for using larger block/frag sizes and explain that 8:1 is the optimal > block/frag ratio. This is very questionable topic, at least from the space efficience POV. For example, I found that on my development system using 16:2 (5-CURRENT, /usr/ports + /usr/src) some 300MB are wasted in fragments compared with the same partition formatted with 8:1. I would suggest to extend this para explaining that 16:2 could result in a huge space wastage when there are large number of small files on the fs (such as /usr/ports or /usr/src) and 8:1 is better suited for such cases. -Maxim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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