Good to know..thanks for the feedback!
On Tue, 2002-06-04 at 16:34, utz lehmann wrote:
> btw: is there any advantage for xfs if (hypotheitcally) using
> block size > page size?
>
> On an classic block allocation based fs you will gain performance due
> less
> fragmentation. But on xfs the files are stored in large contiguous
> extents.
>
> My guess is, that it will not make a difference, only space is wasted.
>
>
> utz
>
> Austin Gonyou [austin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] wrote:
> > So say, with NTFS...you *can* do that..is that because they make it
> do
> > that..but it can be slower?
> >
> > On Tue, 2002-06-04 at 14:57, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2002-06-04 at 14:57, Austin Gonyou wrote:
> > >
> > > > Ahh..I seee....so IA32 cannot handle this at all?
> > >
> > > There is no support in XFS for filesystem block size > page size
> for
> > > any
> > > architecture...
> > >
> > > -Eric
> > --
> > Austin Gonyou
> > Systems Architect, CCNA
> > Coremetrics, Inc.
> > Phone: 512-698-7250
> > email: austin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > "One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and
> > try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger.
> > But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will
> > reduce the danger by half."
> > Sir Winston Churchill
--
Austin Gonyou
Systems Architect, CCNA
Coremetrics, Inc.
Phone: 512-698-7250
email: austin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and
try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger.
But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will
reduce the danger by half."
Sir Winston Churchill
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