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On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 08:14:58AM -0600, Eric Anderson wrote:

> Like I mentioned before, it mostly depends on the number of files you 
> have on the filesystem (inodes in use).  

And the kva_pages kernel setting, right?

As I understand this setting, it defines how much of the 4GB pointer 
space you reserve for kernel pointers.

I guess a 64 bit machine would be a safer choice for fscking such large 
file systems, especially if a maildir mailstore (lots of tiny files)?

Trying to learn FreeBSD,

m