Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 23:28:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Storing small files in inodes Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910272327530.93667-100000@beppo.feral.com> In-Reply-To: <99Oct28.160257est.40335@border.alcanet.com.au>
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On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Peter Jeremy wrote: > On 1999-Oct-28 15:48:39 +1000, Matthew Jacob wrote: > >Can we start thinking about fat inodes too? > > I personally think they're fat enough as it is - by default they > occupy about 3% of the disk (though I generally only create about > 1/2 the default number). Doubling the size of the inode would > probably be reasonable if some of the space was available for > storing small files. > > I presume you're thinking of additional space to store ACLs. Given > that ACL's are optional, vary widely in side and can reasonably be > shared, I'd prefer to see them stored outside the inode. Not really ACLs. I'm thinking of head and tail residency for terabyte datasets (for HSM applications). This was discussed extensively in NetBSD a few months ago. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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