Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:51:26 -0400 From: Francisco Reyes <lists@stringsutils.com> To: Ivan Voras <ivoras@fer.hr> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Inode density for database machines - newfs -i Message-ID: <cone.1181595086.390147.8020.5001@35st.simplicato.com> References: <cone.1181531481.451392.13436.1000@zoraida.natserv.net> <20070611161148.GA19299@keira.kiwi-computer.com> <cone.1181585492.585345.8020.5001@35st.simplicato.com> <f4kadf$g00$1@sea.gmane.org>
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Ivan Voras writes: > How long fsck takes depends on the number of used inodes, not the total > number. Barring a bug in UFS, you should be able to have as little > inodes as you want, especially if you know for sure what number to expect. "man tuning" says otherwise. >Decreasing the number of i-nodes in a file system can greatly reduce >fsck(8) recovery times after a crash. That man page was one of the reasons I was trying to get my inodes as little as possible. It is the same area where they mention to use "newfs -i" to reduce the number of inodes. The second reason I am doing it, is to get some space back since I will not be needing so many inodes anyway.
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