From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 18 08:20:14 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA03361 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 18 Aug 1998 08:20:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hecate.webcom.com (hecate.webcom.com [209.1.28.39]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA03346 for ; Tue, 18 Aug 1998 08:20:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from graeme@echidna.com) Received: from kigal.webcom.com (kigal.webcom.com [209.1.28.57]) by hecate.webcom.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id EAA23231; Tue, 12 Feb 2036 04:05:43 -0800 Received: from [199.183.207.42] by inanna.webcom.com (WebCom SMTP 1.2.1) with SMTP id 2769739; Tue Aug 18 08:18 PDT 1998 Message-Id: <35D9C4E6.2897@echidna.com> Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 11:16:06 -0700 From: Graeme Tait Organization: Echidna X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Win16; I) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: info@boatbooks.com Subject: Free BSD file system Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'm new to FreeBSD and UNIX in general, so forgive me if I'm asking some elementary questions. Regarding the FreeBSD filesystem, what is the equivalent of a "cluster" in the DOS world? That is, if I have tiny files, how much disk space do they actually occupy? My experiments suggest 1k, but I'm confused by references to 512-byte blocks in various places. Is this "cluster" size independent of disk or partition size? I have a situation that involves storing the better part of a million small (700 bytes to 1.9 kbytes) files (don't ask!). From a filesystem efficiency point of view, what is a practical maximum number of files per directory? How many directories can you have under one directory? Where is this kind of thing documented? I have scanned "The Complete FreeBSD" book, and have searched the online docs without success. -- Graeme Tait - Echidna To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message