Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2003 23:40:57 +0300 From: Petri Helenius <pete@he.iki.fi> To: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> Cc: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 20TB Storage System Message-ID: <3F5651D9.1030701@he.iki.fi> In-Reply-To: <3F564F70.1000905@centtech.com> References: <64484.1062620915@critter.freebsd.dk> <3F564F70.1000905@centtech.com>
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Eric Anderson wrote: > > So what's the appropriate way to calculate what blocksize and how many > inodes you should use? > I might be wrong but for specific applications you just know the block size based on what the application uses. For the rest, look for the average IO size on systat´s vmstat display. For inodes, see how many you have and do 2-4 times the number you think you need, they are little complicated to add afterwards. Pete
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