Coda File System

Re: Just before i difinitivly dive !

From: Jan Harkes <jaharkes_at_cs.cmu.edu>
Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 09:46:23 -0400
On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 01:46:38AM +0200, Lionix wrote:
> Considering fs production server migration of 200 000 files overs 15 000 
> directories to coda architecture....( and no trouble with the 7000 files 
> / dir limits )
> Take the exemple at FAQ and mutiply number directory and number of files 
> by 4....
> You obtain 160MB of rvm... uhu or not ?

At least double that number it if you want to use Coda backup volumes.
They share the on-disk data files, but the metadata is copied. I also
prefer to have something like 20-40% overhead, the RVM allocator isn't
always the brightest in the world and because of the persistence RVM
tends to fragment over time.

Also spread your files across multiple volumes. Some advantages are,
when a file is 'moved' across a volume boundary we return EXDEV, and mv
does a copy/unlink, which resolves more reliably than cross-directory
renames.

Jan
Received on 2003-05-06 09:50:11