Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 15:06:52 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Jan Conrad <conrad@th.physik.uni-bonn.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newfs options Message-ID: <20010506150652.F98841@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0105061542420.84550-100000@merlin.th.physik.uni-bonn.de>; from conrad@th.physik.uni-bonn.de on Sun, May 06, 2001 at 05:10:23PM %2B0200 References: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0105061542420.84550-100000@merlin.th.physik.uni-bonn.de>
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--TeJTyD9hb8KJN2Jy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 05:10:23PM +0200, Jan Conrad wrote: > Hi, >=20 > I would like to ask whether there is any need to choose newfs options > different from -b 8192 -f 1024 for larger partitions? >=20 > For example, one of our partitions for homedirs (30GB) has an average file > size of 50kB. I guess it's just happy with the defaults. >=20 > However, we have a partition (again 30GB) with an average file size of 5 = MB! > What about that? Search the archives for the -fs and -hackers mailing lists. The rule of thumb I use is to bump -b and -f to 16384 and 2048 (or maybe double again, depending), and use as a high a -c value as it will let me. Kris --TeJTyD9hb8KJN2Jy Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.5 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE69cr8Wry0BWjoQKURAieLAKDwHZFONkpxqNlH8dPl/J+bxMf4nwCfYNeV MAg7Zhd2kLQCW8aKSzn3S6E= =k28/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --TeJTyD9hb8KJN2Jy-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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