Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 21:46:43 -0600 From: Hari Bhaskaran <subscr@spider.netmails.net> To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newfs -i and -f options with vinum Message-ID: <20021223214643.A14922@spider.netmails.net> In-Reply-To: <20021223234416.GA49574@wantadilla.lemis.com>; from grog@FreeBSD.org on Tue, Dec 24, 2002 at 10:14:16AM %2B1030 References: <20021222184113.A6131@spider.netmails.net> <20021223234416.GA49574@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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On Tue, Dec 24, 2002 at 10:14:16AM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > information in the disk label is not binding. I'd strongly advise > against a 2048 byte block size, though; it buys you nothing in > comparison with a 4096 byte block size, but it can result in > marginally reduced performance. In general, unless you have a very > good reason, stick to the default 16k/2k block and frag sizes. Isn't block size (-b) different from bytes-per-inode (-i) ? Or am I confused?. BTW, after doing some google-ing, I settled for newfs -v -i 4096 (only for the partition where I saved mails) Others use newfs -v with the default settings. > > Greg > -- > When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. > If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. > For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html > See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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