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Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 16:01:07 +0100
From: Andre Albsmeier <andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de>
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Cc: Andre.Albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de
Subject: minfree: Which is wrong: newfs(8) or tunefs(8) ?
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Regarding minfree in FFS:

tunefs(8) says:

        threshold.  Settings of 5% and less force space optimization to
        always be used which will greatly increase the overhead for file
        writes.  Note that if the value is raised above the current usage

newfs(8) says:

        mize the space fragmentation on the disk.  If the value of min-
        free (see above) is less than 8%, the default is to optimize for
        space; if the value of minfree is greater than or equal to 8%,
        the default is to optimize for time.  See tunefs(8) for more de-
        tails on how to set this option.

So do we have to set minfree below 5% or 8% in order that space
optimization is used always?

Thanks,

	-Andre


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