Hi Helge :)
* Helge Hafting <[email protected]> dixit:
> On Sun, May 15, 2005 at 06:00:37PM +0200, DervishD wrote:
> > Hi all :)
> >
> > Let's assume I want to partition a hard disk so the partition
> > size is optimal for a given block size and bytes per inode ratio in
> > an ext2/ext3 filesystem. By 'optimal' I mean that no space in the
> > partition is wasted, that is, the metadata and the data blocks fit
> > perfectly in the partition, and no space is left unused because that
> > space is less than a data block.
> >
> > For example, if disk structures occupy 1024 bytes and each data
> > block is 1024 bytes too, the partition size must be a multiple of
> > 1024: if I allocate 2049 bytes for the partition, then one byte will
> > be lost because ext2/3 cannot have blocks smaller than the block
> > size.
> >
> > So: which is the optimal partition size for a given block size
> > and a given bytes per inode ratio? Can it be easily calculated?
> >
> You can't allocate 2049 bytes for a partition - it is always a
> whole number of 512-byte blocks.
That's was just an example, and anyway I can create an ext2/3
filesystem on a file.
> Just make sure your partition is a whole number of blocks,
> ext2/ext3 should then be able to utilize the partition fully to the
> last block.
Do that means that metadata (disk structures, block groups
structs and the like) all fits in block-size chunks???
> Using a blocksize equal to the pagesize (i.e. 4096) is usually optimal.
Thanks, I'll try it :) My main doubt was if the metadata was
managed in block-sized chunks, it seems so.
Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado
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