Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 15:23:38 GMT From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: Andre Albsmeier <andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Andre.Albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de Subject: Re: minfree: Which is wrong: newfs(8) or tunefs(8) ? Message-ID: <E14Qsv4-000OAD-00@post.mail.nl.demon.net>
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I worked for a company once whose *only* technical documentation was a line for each program that said: "Documentation: Refer to source for more info" :) > 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 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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