I'm setting up a SAN with a 1TB partition and am seeking some advice.
Previously when setting up servers, I would specify options to mkfs.xfs
to lower the agcount and create a 32m log, ie for a 33GB partition:
mkfs.xfs -d agcount=32 -l size=32m /dev/sda3
This was based on an article I read at:
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-fs10.html
More recently I've not bothered with those options because I read
somewhere that the defaults are sane. (I've never noticed any
difference either way) Are the mkfs.xfs defaults good for a 1TB partition?
Regarding external logs, I've never formatted a XFS with an external
log. From what I can gather (google, man pages), doing so is supposed
to reduce disk head seeking hence performance is improved. Is anyone
aware of any benchmarks that explore internal/external logs and sizes?
My preference is for an internal log as that just simplifies things.
Thanks!
ds
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