Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 13:00:20 -0400 From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Default inode number too low in FFS nowadays? Message-ID: <CAF6rxgnpgicoJSJQmRae_ADBfEpt6Gk%2B9Jg8Mq%2BLrKSZZxmiGw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CADLo83-Kc%2BLu3vt1g4aN0banKQ_4gPJRk=pRPLe7-YC_gf1Jpw@mail.gmail.com> References: <B888842A-7DB4-491B-93E3-A376745019F5@sarenet.es> <20111102131311.GA56941@icarus.home.lan> <32C5CE2F-8C1C-442E-A1B4-9DD9FD47C691@sarenet.es> <4EB2AE5D.5040206@egr.msu.edu> <CADLo83-Kc%2BLu3vt1g4aN0banKQ_4gPJRk=pRPLe7-YC_gf1Jpw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 12:46 PM, Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> wrote: > On 3 Nov 2011 15:27, "Adam McDougall" <mcdouga9@egr.msu.edu> wrote: >> >> On 11/03/11 05:41, Borja Marcos wrote: >>> >>> >>> And the /usr was small because I need a lot of room for /var. >> >> >> The way you've described the issue sounds like it concerns mainly just > ports, so perhaps a ports-specific adjustment like below is appropriate a= nd > an easy solution for any admin with sufficient inodes available on a > partition of their choosing? =C2=A0I am concerned about the drawbacks > (performance) of increasing the ratio of inodes on /usr just to accommoda= te > an optional and somewhat flexible component. >> >> I've been setting this for many years now even when it is not a space > concern on /usr, it keeps my /usr/ports tree clean and puts all the "junk= " > in a location I can easily clean out: >> >> WRKDIRPREFIX=3D/var/tmp/ports >> > > ... but then you need a bigger than default /var... > > Personally I use /usr/obj and occasionally nuke it (I know we're running > out of inode on /usr, but rm should solve that problem). A dedicated "WRKDIRPREFIX" mdfs can also help. --=20 Eitan Adler
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