Re: 2.3.x wish list?
Malcolm Beattie (mbeattie@sable.ox.ac.uk)
Wed, 26 May 1999 09:44:48 +0100 (BST)
Theodore Y. Ts'o writes:
> It depends on what how big the files you are writing. It's not
> necessary for the free space to be contiguous; just large enough so that
> files written to the disk can still be contiguous. For example, for an
> 5% of 8 gig is 40 megs. If most of the files you write are smaller than
> 1 meg, it's likely that the files can be stored contiguously, even if
> the filesystem only has 5-10% free space on it.
5% of 8 gig is 400 megs, not 40 megs. Was 40 a typo or is your
argument meant to imply that 0.5% free space is enough?
--Malcolm
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Malcolm Beattie <mbeattie@sable.ox.ac.uk>
Unix Systems Programmer
Oxford University Computing Services
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