Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 07:29:50 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: "Ben O." <ben@cahostnet.com>, dyu <dyu@cdknet.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: defragment... Message-ID: <15040.38350.352029.194963@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20010326161829.B10115@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <15039.49403.536419.975293@guru.mired.org> <00d601c0b650$446e6ba0$0d01a8c0@casystems.net> <20010326161829.B10115@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> types: > On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 06:55:41PM -0500, Ben O. wrote: > > Why is that Mike? > Because FFS was designed by someone who actually knows how to write > filesystems, so it doesn't need periodic maintenance like the > brain-dead MSDOS filesystem. In particular, there's a small percentage of the disk space that normal users can't write to - but root can - that is used to optimize disk block allocation. I thought this was discussed in the FAQ, but can't seem to find it. As a disk gets really full, you'll also get kernel messages about switching to (or from) space optimization instead of time optimization, etc. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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