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Xref: sserve comp.unix.admin:14366 comp.unix.bsd:12778 comp.unix.internals:6365 comp.unix.wizards:31344 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!aardvark.ucs.uoknor.edu!ns1.nodak.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!news.clark.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!hobbes.physics.uiowa.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!phys.ksu.edu!rjq Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.internals,comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: why is altering MINFREE discouraged ? Message-ID: <2a6e3t$17e@newserv.ksu.ksu.edu> From: rjq@phys.ksu.edu (Rob Quinn) Date: 21 Oct 1993 16:41:33 GMT References: <CF5DG9.6F@festival.ed.ac.uk> <PCG.93Oct19194620@decb.aber.ac.uk> <1993Oct20.143941.7910@cs.cornell.edu> <34862@dog.ee.lbl.gov> Organization: Kansas State University NNTP-Posting-Host: bohr.phys.ksu.edu Lines: 23 In <34862@dog.ee.lbl.gov> torek@horse.ee.lbl.gov (Chris Torek) writes: >Indeed. The 4.4BSD newfs now defaults to 5% as well. So are those of us with 4.3BSD type OS's (like SunOS4.1.2[right?]) safe to start using 5%? > -i 6144 for `average' FSes > -i 8192 for FSes with lots of large files Yes, I've been doing this. Any reason to use powers of 2? >Rebuilding a file system---this is easiest when moving it from one >disk to another, or restoring one after a disk failure When I use 'df' and 'df -i' to look for a good balance, it seems like an average filesystem should have an even greater value than 8192, but I've kept things low ``just in case.'' (just in case I don't know what I'm doing) -- | Open the pod bay doors please Hal. | | Open the pod bay doors please Hal. Rob Quinn | | Hal, can you hear me? rjq@phys.ksu.edu | | Open the pod bay doors Hal! QuinnBob@KSUVM.BITNET |