From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 16 18:15:13 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86357106566B for ; Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:15:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kudzu@tenebras.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f182.google.com (mail-gx0-f182.google.com [209.85.161.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3ACE58FC0C for ; Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:15:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ggnk4 with SMTP id k4so3197944ggn.13 for ; Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:15:12 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=P7C8xxxleRxiWi1al3JxWPTecn9bylHZ8YNYZ/JTydo=; b=kItObaxtuLBHSF5sCvyKb7ivXc69wRIfaby3/fD8HlhOOVrlKa3O9jxJiZodUqtbva dRmrTH85+6BlPqz1Feu4fNVJl5vR4hI9Domjr3b3i/6H86SPe++2kSWmxEKAsPBUFef6 j7fUa9hOpdOM0p9GRWQsYqmv4O04UVszlT0ranM64PeQ56X9B2aabx1FF/dDPct6CBM5 LDsSQ6e4B5Lt0la7ORknnnLsGXnCs4FiQrKaVR2Z8z94x/+FUYIrIwecigLuu3gY9Kds z0Tx6pk6QdIwI6jZWfzev/vp7fCkKnxzBVgefgWy0cE1IBwFETA0cPJ5zAD7cXYw5ki/ APSA== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.236.168.41 with SMTP id j29mr8652613yhl.24.1334600112739; Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:15:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.236.18.135 with HTTP; Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:15:12 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <1949545469.20120416170157@yandex.ru> Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:15:12 -0700 Message-ID: From: Michael Sierchio To: Wojciech Puchar X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmRYaWxARMLYDh2D+JcszQy/m7yZs5ch3wttKn1C8sFUB3uGCfj3FF4EciHCtliICzKn1Zf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Eugen Konkov , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newfs create to little inodes X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:15:13 -0000 On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Wojciech Puchar < wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote: > >> Does newfs always must create sufficient count of inodes? or I must >> supply some addition options when creating FS? >> >> yes > > man newfs > > (-i option) > > There are many use cases for a filesystem - if you have mostly very large files, the defaults in newfs reserve too many inodes per X number of blocks - if you have mostly small files, there will be too few. It takes experience and a little luck to create filesystem in which free blocks and free inodes get consumed proportionally. Start by reading the man page and grok deeply. - M