NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
EXAMPLES

NAME

xfs_estimate - estimate the space that an XFS filesystem will take

SYNOPSIS

xfs_estimate [ -h? ] [ -b blocksize ] [ -i logsize ] [ -e logsize ] [ -v ] directory ...

DESCRIPTION

For each directory argument, xfs_estimate estimates the space that directory would take if it were copied to an XFS filesystem. xfs_estimate does not cross mount points. The following definitions are used:

KB = *1024

MB = *1024*1024

GB = *1024*1024*1024

The xfs_estimate options are:

-b blocksize

Use blocksize instead of the default blocksize of 4096 bytes. The modifier k can be used after the number to indicate multiplication by 1024. For example,

xfs_estimate ­b 64k /

requests an estimate of the space required by the directory / on an XFS filesystem using a blocksize of 64K (65536) bytes.

-v

-h

-?

-i, -e logsize

Display more information, formatted.

Display usage message.

Display usage message.

Use logsize instead of the default log size of 10 MB. -i refers to an internal log, while -e refers to an external log. The modifiers k or m can be used after the number to indicate multiplication by 1024 or 1048576, respectively.

For example,

xfs_estimate ­i 1m /

requests an estimate of the space required by the directory / on an XFS filesystem using an internal log of 1 megabyte.

EXAMPLES

% xfs_estimate ­e 10m /var/tmp /var/tmp will take about 4.2 megabytes
with the external log using 2560 blocks or about 10.0 megabytes

% xfs_estimate ­v ­e 10m /var/tmp directory bsize blocks megabytes
/var/tmp 4096 792 4.0MB 10485760

logsize

% xfs_estimate ­v /var/tmp directory bsize blocks megabytes
/var/tmp 4096 3352 14.0MB 10485760

% xfs_estimate /var/tmp /var/tmp will take about 14.0 megabytes

logsize