[KLUG Members] Moving a HDD

[Phillip Hofmeister]

On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 at 04:13:34PM -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> Don't forget about file system allocation;  most file-systems start to
> drop off performance-wise after reaching ~1/3 capacity.  If you actually
> want to use nearly the entire capacity of a filesystem you pretty much
> have to be using XFS.  And it is useful to leave space in the volume
> group to create snapshots - the more your filesystem is busy the more
> snapshot space you'll need.  Backing up a snapshot vs. a live filesystem
> is a good way to avoid oddities-upon-restore the occur when a live
> filesystem is backed up.

I don't know much about the XFS.  Is this something someone could cover
in a meeting or perhaps there are some online resources you can point me
to that are good?  I am sure I can find it in a few minutes if I google
as well...

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Phillip Hofmeister