Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2002 14:29:13 +1030 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Hari Bhaskaran <subscr@spider.netmails.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newfs -i and -f options with vinum Message-ID: <20021224035913.GD79700@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20021223214643.A14922@spider.netmails.net> References: <20021222184113.A6131@spider.netmails.net> <20021223234416.GA49574@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20021223214643.A14922@spider.netmails.net>
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On Monday, 23 December 2002 at 21:46:43 -0600, Hari Bhaskaran wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 24, 2002 at 10:14:16AM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >> information in the disk label is not binding. I'd strongly advise >> against a 2048 byte block size, though; it buys you nothing in >> comparison with a 4096 byte block size, but it can result in >> marginally reduced performance. In general, unless you have a very >> good reason, stick to the default 16k/2k block and frag sizes. > > Isn't block size (-b) different from bytes-per-inode (-i) ? Yes, my bad. I misread. In this case, it's the default, so you don't need to specify it. > Or am I confused?. BTW, after doing some google-ing, I settled for > newfs -v -i 4096 (only for the partition where I saved mails) Others > use newfs -v with the default settings. If that reflects the average size of your files, that's fine. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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