[Ocfs2-tools-devel] [RFC] mkfs adaptable cluster size depending on device size

Sunil Mushran sunil.mushran at oracle.com
Fri Jul 23 11:32:09 PDT 2010


Yes, but choosing a large clustersize has the downside of wasted space.

On 07/23/2010 11:22 AM, Goldwyn Rodrigues wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Sunil Mushran
> <sunil.mushran at oracle.com>  wrote:
>    
>> mkfs.ocfs2 has a concept of fstype which allows us to choose the
>> appropriate cluster size. The calculation takes the size of the volume
>> into consideration.
>>
>>      
> Unfortunately, the users do not check the man page before creating a
> filesystem. If they do understand the architecture, it is best. Yes,
> users can be stupid.
>    



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