On Fri, 2007-01-19 at 21:58 +1100, Rob Mueller wrote: > What filesystem are you using? Have you considered trying reiserfs with > tails enabled. It's quite impressive how little disk space it actually uses > (don't believe du output). We used to use NVRAM cards, and even with 100,000 > users, it was only about 30 megabytes for the quota files if memory serves > me right (300 bytes each for directory entry, stat data, and file data), and > I imagine the entire thing ends up in the OS buffer cache in pretty short > order...
we're using ext3. reiserfs is not an option, thank-you-very-much. it has hosed our spool way too many times. an FS which can't handle hardware failure (e.g. a flaky fiber cable) should be taken out and shot. I appreciate your taking the time to make suggestions, though :-) -- Kjetil T. ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
