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Re: mysterious dbench results

To: "G.Z." <mailus@xxxxxx>
Subject: Re: mysterious dbench results
From: Steve Lord <lord@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 10:40:16 -0600
Cc: linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: Message from "G.Z." <mailus@tin.it> of "Fri, 23 Feb 2001 17:42:17 +0100." <01022317421700.17554@kamikaze>
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> 
> On Thursday 22 February 2001 16:04, Steve Lord wrote:
> > I have been out for a while, or I would have posted something on this
> > earlier. The default mkfs options for xfs are not optimal for heavy I/O
> > load, they are somewhat historical and should probably be changed.
> >
> > On mkfs try some options like this:
> >
> > mkfs -t xfs -f -l size=32768b /dev/xxx
> >
> > on mount use these extra options:
> >
> >     logbufs=4,logbsize=32768
> 
> 
> Is there any way I can change those parameters on a premadf filesystem?
> 
> thanks in advance
> 
> -Giuseppe
> 
> 

Unfortunately, you cannot change the log size on an existing filesystem,
the mount options are of course available to you.

Steve



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