On Sun, 22 Jul 2001, Steve Lord wrote:
> > On Sun, 22 Jul 2001 at 08:03, Steve Lord wrote:
> > > If you create a large number of files in XFS, inodes are allocated
> > > dynamically for them. If you remove all the files, the inodes are not
> >
> > Yes, this is what I was referring to. I was under the impression that this
> > was "bad", though, and one effectively "lost space". Are inodes allocated
> > dynamically for large files different from those allocated dynamically for
> > a bunch of small files? Meaning, if inodes are allocated for a large file,
>
> There is no distinction in XFS, an inode is an inode, no matter what it
> is used for, they are all the same size (default 256 bytes on disk) and
> they are allocated in groups of 32 by default (2 filesystem blocks worth).
I think the question is about density here. Two large files create two
inodes in a certain amount of disk. If those files are deleted does xfs
create more inodes in that same amount of disk if small files are placed
there? Or are there large holes?
James Rich
james.rich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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