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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>
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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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