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Subject: Re: Inode density for database machines - newfs -i
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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.