From owner-freebsd-performance@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 3 23:39:32 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF47116A4BF; Wed, 3 Sep 2003 23:39:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp-out6.blueyonder.co.uk (smtp-out6.blueyonder.co.uk [195.188.213.9]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 708AE43FDD; Wed, 3 Sep 2003 23:39:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie) Received: from cluster5 ([172.23.146.54]) by smtp-out6.blueyonder.co.uk with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5600); Thu, 4 Sep 2003 03:20:53 +0100 Received: from mail pickup service by cluster5 with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 3 Sep 2003 23:37:09 +0100 Received: from smtp-in4.blueyonder.co.uk ([172.23.146.15]) by cluster5 with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5329); Wed, 3 Sep 2003 14:25:39 +0100 Received: from exim11.blueyonder.co.uk ([195.188.213.46]) by smtp-in4.blueyonder.co.uk with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5600); Wed, 3 Sep 2003 14:24:08 +0100 Received: from [216.136.204.119] (helo=mx2.freebsd.org) by exim11.blueyonder.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 19uXcG-0000Qi-Nd for xtalsinger@blueyonder.co.uk; Wed, 03 Sep 2003 14:24:08 +0100 Received: from hub.freebsd.org (hub.freebsd.org [216.136.204.18]) by mx2.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC39E56B84; Wed, 3 Sep 2003 06:23:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org) Received: from hub.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F48316A530; Wed, 3 Sep 2003 06:23:21 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7412B16A4BF; Wed, 3 Sep 2003 06:23:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from salmon.maths.tcd.ie (salmon.maths.tcd.ie [134.226.81.11]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B1C2D43FEA; Wed, 3 Sep 2003 06:23:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie) Received: from lanczos.maths.tcd.ie by salmon.maths.tcd.ie with SMTP id ; 3 Sep 2003 14:23:08 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 14:23:03 +0100 From: David Malone To: Geoff Buckingham Message-ID: <20030903132303.GA53246@lanczos.maths.tcd.ie> References: <20030902224136.GA98381@dan.emsphone.com> <20030903110615.GA25233@chuggalug.clues.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030903110615.GA25233@chuggalug.clues.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Errors-To: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Sent-To: xtalsinger@blueyonder.co.uk X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Sep 2003 13:24:08.0853 (UTC) FILETIME=[A7EEB450:01C3721E] cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org cc: Dan Nelson cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: Max Clark Subject: Re: 20TB Storage System X-BeenThere: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org List-Id: Performance/tuning List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2003 06:39:32 -0000 On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 11:06:15AM +0000, Geoff Buckingham wrote: > However I just read the newfs man page and am intrigued to know what effect > the -g and -h options have.... > > -g avgfilesize > The expected average file size for the file system. > > -h avgfpdir > The expected average number of files per directory on the file > system. I believe these are used by the dirpref stuff to decide how to distribute files and directories evenly throughout the dis. David. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"