Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 20:50:53 -0600 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 4k sectors Message-ID: <CA%2BtpaK0EVZ%2B_oTX-KOn27GiJT0UHGs=5SdqYXAKdinYhd0kzqg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1311281455010.50600@wonkity.com> References: <CA%2BtpaK3WUrP3ryuHfw61RvLft0-NUEbQFrkF22g6sT%2BfbJLrCA@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1311281455010.50600@wonkity.com>
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On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 4:10 PM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Nov 2013, Adam Vande More wrote:
>
> Is there an easy method to find out the space wasted by using 4k vs 512?
>>
>
> Which filesystem? UFS has block suballocation ("fragments"). It would be
> surprising if ZFS did not, but I don't know what they call it.
>
UFS mainly although a FS agnostic tool would be best. Maybe another way to
ask the question is there a tool that analyses a FS and suggests optimal
defaults? Obviously this question can be answered with existing utilities
and some math. I'm looking for the lazy man's solution.
--
Adam
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