Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 14:06:09 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com> To: ChrisMic@clientlogic.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: inodes? (RE: #make problem) Message-ID: <199907271806.AA17237@world.std.com> In-Reply-To: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105AD1@site2s1> (message from Christopher Michaels on Sat, 24 Jul 1999 10:05:34 -0400) References: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105AD1@site2s1>
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>From: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> >Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 10:05:34 -0400 > >Ok, I read the newfs man page and answered my own question. Now comes my >next question. If it is such a problem that people run out of inodes, why >is the default "so low" (so to speak, since it seems unreachably high for >me)? Or are people who are short on inodes the exception to the rule? Whether the default is high or low depends on how you use your disk. If you have a lot of small files, you need more inodes for a given amount of space than if you mostly have large files. The default is, in fact, tending to err on the conservative side, as you correctly suggest. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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