Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 13:32:29 -0400 From: synrat <synrat@wirewalk.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: losing disk space Message-ID: <40D9BEAD.8010607@wirewalk.org> In-Reply-To: <40D9AB8E.1070507@the-rubber-chicken-network.co.uk> References: <40D9A9BB.1070707@wirewalk.org> <40D9AB8E.1070507@the-rubber-chicken-network.co.uk>
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thanx guys. learn something new every day. I actually noticed that my smaller volumes display the same 'discrepancy'..., but it only became a concern after 'loosing' 10gb :). hehe. should've realized that myself right away. is this true though that soft updates use additional disk space ?? Mike Woods wrote: > synrat wrote: > >> Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on >> /dev/vinum/data 67G 2.0K 62G 0% /data >> >> Does this look weird or what ?? > > > Nope, looks fine to me :) > >> This is a mirrored vinum volume created from 2 partitions fully taking >> up 2 73gb drives. vinum shows this as 68gb volume, which I guess is >> ok considering kb>mb>gb calculation rip-off, but losing 10gb after >> newfsing is something new. The only other thing I did is turn on soft >> updates, but I wouldn't expect that too 'steal' 10 gb also. anyone ? > > > 5gb :) > > UFS keep x% of the drive unavailable from anyone but root as part of the > filesystem optimisations, you can turn this off if you want with tunefs > but expect a performance hit from it. > > Mike Woods > IT Technician > > _______________________________________________ > 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"
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