Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 20:14:30 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com> Cc: Bruce Petro <bpetro@usa.com>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Compare FBSD File System Message-ID: <20000914201430.G2261@parish> In-Reply-To: <20000914140402.A5897@dan.emsphone.com>; from dnelson@emsphone.com on Thu, Sep 14, 2000 at 02:04:02PM -0500 References: <380327008.968949972194.JavaMail.root@web302-mc.mail.com> <20000914140402.A5897@dan.emsphone.com>
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On Thu, Sep 14, 2000 at 02:04:02PM -0500, Dan Nelson wrote: > In the last episode (Sep 14), Bruce Petro said: > > Could someone shoot back a brief review of how the FBSD file system > > compares to the old FAT system? General information is fine, but > > please also cover: > > > > 1. Efficient Disk Usage - any min file size etc like fat? > > ffs has an 8k blocksize and a 1k fragment size. Small files and the > ends of large files are put into fragments. > > > 2. Any disk compression advisable or even needed? > > With 20-gig IDE drives selling for under $100, my guess is that disk > compression is not something to even think about anymore. > > > 3. Any disk size limits? I believe I've seen some say there are > > limits in the size disk you can use, but others seemed to reply > > and say that that was old limits. > > There are always limits; I think the filesystem code has a 1TB > filesystem-size limit, and you should be able to put a single 1TB file > in that filesystem without any problems. > See http://parish/FAQ/install.html#AEN972 for details of filesystem limits (read the question after that one for instructions on how to put a 1TB file on a floppy :) ) > > 4. Other than speed, any difference in how FBSD works with ATA -vs- > > SCSI (eg: size limits differences) > > Nope. > > -- > Dan Nelson > dnelson@emsphone.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- 4.4 - The number of the Beastie ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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