From owner-cvs-all Mon Sep 10 10:46:35 2001 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [216.33.66.196]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B8F537B401; Mon, 10 Sep 2001 10:46:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1192) id 6565081D01; Mon, 10 Sep 2001 12:46:23 -0500 (CDT) Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 12:46:23 -0500 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Sheldon Hearn Cc: Greg Lehey , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/vinum vinum.8 Message-ID: <20010910124623.R2965@elvis.mu.org> References: <200109090223.f892N6091345@freefall.freebsd.org> <23009.1000128332@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <23009.1000128332@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>; from sheldonh@starjuice.net on Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 03:25:32PM +0200 Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Sheldon Hearn [010910 08:23] wrote: > > > On Sat, 08 Sep 2001 19:23:06 MST, Greg Lehey wrote: > > > Modified files: > > sbin/vinum vinum.8 > > Log: > > Use a better stripe size in the examples. > > What do I need to read that will help me understand why these new stripe > sizes are better than their replacements? I'm quite sure it's mentioned in the archives, I think it has to do with the way FFS does the layout, using a non-power-of-two stripe size should spread the layout more cleanly across the disks. It probably should be mentioned in the manpage, it's quite temping for newbies and experienced users to use a power of two. -- -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org] 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message