Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 09:29:25 +1000 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/vinum vinum.8 Message-ID: <20010911092925.A1829@canberra.worldwide.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <23009.1000128332@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>; from sheldonh@starjuice.net on Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 03:25:32PM %2B0200 References: <200109090223.f892N6091345@freefall.freebsd.org> <23009.1000128332@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>
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On Monday, 10 September 2001 at 15:25:32 +0200, Sheldon Hearn 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? The man page. This was stuff that I forgot to change when I updated the man page earlier. Basically, you need a large stripe size to avoid fragmenting requests. You need a non-power-of-2 to avoid putting all your superblocks on the same subdisk. Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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