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Xref: sserve comp.unix.internals:8134 comp.unix.bsd:15906 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!agate!darkstar.UCSC.EDU!news.hal.COM!decwrl!vixie!nnrp!paul From: paul@vix.com (Paul A Vixie) Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals,comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: Fast File System: optimizing arguments to newfs Date: 14 Jan 95 16:41:59 Organization: Vixie Enterprises Lines: 11 Message-ID: <PAUL.95Jan14164159@sager.vix.com> References: <MARC.95Jan13161859@dun-dun-noodles.cam.ov.com> <3f6udo$dhu@bosnia.pop.psu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: sager.home.vix.com In-reply-to: barr@pop.psu.edu's message of 13 Jan 1995 17:21:44 -0500 >> 1) News spool. Lots and lots of small files. > >"-m 5 -f 512 -i 2500 -b 4096" is what I use. -i 4100 -f 1024 -b 4096 is what i use, since most articles are 4100 bytes long. (that's from a size histogram, which is much more useful than an average.) -- Paul Vixie La Honda, CA <paul@vix.com> decwrl!vixie!paul