Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 19 Nov 2001 03:23:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 19 Nov 2001 03:23:08 -0500 Received: from mail016.syd.optusnet.com.au ([203.2.75.176]:64430 "EHLO mail016.syd.optusnet.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 19 Nov 2001 03:22:57 -0500 Message-ID: <001401c170d3$ea40cc10$1e50a8c0@kinslayer> From: "Joel Beach" To: Subject: Maximum (efficient) partition sizes for various filesystem types... Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 19:26:40 +1100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi everyone, Have just put a new 30GB hard drive for my server at home, and am wondering what the optimal sizes for partitioning are. For instance, the Debian guide says that, due to Ext2 efficiency, partitions greater than 6-7GB shouldn't be created. Is this true for Ext3/ReiserFS. Am also not sure which file systems to choose. I'm planning on having a 3GB parition for the actual system, and formatting this using ReiserFS (generally smaller files). However, is Reiser also a good choice for download archives (where average file size is about 5-10MB) still a good choice? Joel - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/