Re: FileSystems, Partition sizes, LARGE files??

[debian@provision.net]

On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Frank Gevaerts wrote:

> Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 15:24:18 +0100
> From: Frank Gevaerts <frank@gevaerts.be>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: FileSystems, Partition sizes, LARGE files??
> Resent-Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 08:43:43 -0600 (CST)
> Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 08:10:14AM +0000, debian@provision.net wrote:
> >
> > 4. Where I'm only using large files, is the Block Size set to 4k by
> > default ok or should it be changed higher or lower to 2k or 8k?
>
> Higher is better, but AFAIK on x86 you are limited to 4k

I thought I read we were limited to 8k on x68. I'll have to go back
through to confirm.

> > 5. Should the number of inodes be modified in anyway as to not waste
> > space? I saw this mentioned on another list but I dont quite understand
> > the benefits.
>
> The number of inodes is more or less the maximum number of files and
> directories on the filesystem. Since inodes take some space, reducing
> their number will save some space, but I don't think it will make much
> difference
>
> Frank

I figured as much with regards to the file sizes


Thanks