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Date:      Fri, 3 Nov 2000 02:14:51 -0800 (PST)
From:      Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com>
To:        Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
Cc:        Marius Bendiksen <mbendiks@eunet.no>, Randell Jesup <rjesup@wgate.com>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Like to commit my diskprep
Message-ID:  <200011031014.eA3AEpV45562@earth.backplane.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.10011022211110.13255-100000@login-1.eunet.no> <xzplmv1l6kb.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>

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:> This is a matter of preference (hence the reference to paint) and also the
:> use intended for the system in question. However, the code is not going to
:> be significantly more complex due to this, and I think it's a much better,
:> ie cleaner, way of doing it.
:
:One question that probably interests many of us is, can tuning those
:numbers reduce fsck time? Is fsck time strictly proportional to disk
:size, or does the number of inodes and/or cylinder groups affect it?
:
:DES
:-- 
:Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org

    Yes.  Increasing the number of bytes per inode will reduce the number
    of inodes and thus reduce fsck time.  Increasing the number of cylinders
    in a group will localize inodes into bigger chunks, reducing seeking
    and also thus reduce fsck time.

						-Matt



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