Thanks to:
Gert Maaskant <gertm_at_cvi.ns.nl>
alan_at_nabeth.cxo.dec.com
Both recommended using tunefs with the -minfree option to
reduce the default amount from 10% to about 1-2%.
The responses:
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>
> Hi Ryan,
>
> When you use a UFS file-system, newfs reserve 10% diskspace.
> You can check it whith the command ;
> # dumpfs /dev/rre0c | more; look at the minfree count.
>
> Umount the file-system and change the value ;
> # tunefs -m 1 /dev/rre0c ; change the value to 1 % free.
>
>
> Good luck, Gert...
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>
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>
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> From alan_at_nabeth.cxo.dec.com Mon Dec 23 09:56 PST 1996
> From: alan_at_nabeth.cxo.dec.com
> Comment: Environmental Systems Research Institute
> To: rbae_at_esri.com (Ryan Bae [ESRI-Redlands])
> Subject: Re: [Q] RAID 0 - fragmentation
> Date: Mon, 23 Dec 96 10:52:45 -0700
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> If you're using UFS, this is probably the 10% reserved
> space. See the manual page for tunefs(8) for more
> information. For a device this large you can probably
> reduce the percentage (controlled by minfree) to 2%
> without risking any performance problems.
>
> Do check the disklabel and verify that the size of the
> C partition is what you expect. That could also be the
> problem.
>
Thanks again for your help.
Regards,
Ryan Bae
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