From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 3 16:46:28 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C50CF1065753 for ; Thu, 3 Nov 2011 16:46:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iy0-f182.google.com (mail-iy0-f182.google.com [209.85.210.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DEA38FC08 for ; Thu, 3 Nov 2011 16:46:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iabz21 with SMTP id z21so2513643iab.13 for ; Thu, 03 Nov 2011 09:46:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=s7EvQNkTeIQ7/Agp3Wyn1pvn0GNUiyhoE7h5ytrf3w0=; b=LLS4uL9Ez27IcrwCBBEf5CunxjQs0S4vEiOWosLvY1Z2r7JYZ1EVLvn1JjqtaE7i0p 4MqwYsn+EtcoWPb09tIWM+ea4sc4ZANev6DPpmYYYXXZGUk665RUX0rANRcQaY2MvS+q oZfYYI5PeW68FB/HPfzmKUXjPQtMe4kTOal1Q= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.48.203 with SMTP id s11mr2132534ibf.90.1320338787901; Thu, 03 Nov 2011 09:46:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.11.140 with HTTP; Thu, 3 Nov 2011 09:46:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.11.140 with HTTP; Thu, 3 Nov 2011 09:46:27 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4EB2AE5D.5040206@egr.msu.edu> References: <20111102131311.GA56941@icarus.home.lan> <32C5CE2F-8C1C-442E-A1B4-9DD9FD47C691@sarenet.es> <4EB2AE5D.5040206@egr.msu.edu> Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 16:46:27 +0000 Message-ID: From: Chris Rees To: Adam McDougall Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Default inode number too low in FFS nowadays? X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:46:29 -0000 On 3 Nov 2011 15:27, "Adam McDougall" wrote: > > On 11/03/11 05:41, Borja Marcos wrote: >> >> >> And the /usr was small because I need a lot of room for /var. > > > The way you've described the issue sounds like it concerns mainly just ports, so perhaps a ports-specific adjustment like below is appropriate and an easy solution for any admin with sufficient inodes available on a partition of their choosing? I am concerned about the drawbacks (performance) of increasing the ratio of inodes on /usr just to accommodate an optional and somewhat flexible component. > > I've been setting this for many years now even when it is not a space concern on /usr, it keeps my /usr/ports tree clean and puts all the "junk" in a location I can easily clean out: > > WRKDIRPREFIX=/var/tmp/ports > ... but then you need a bigger than default /var... Personally I use /usr/obj and occasionally nuke it (I know we're running out of inode on /usr, but rm should solve that problem). Chris Chris