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From: Shaochun Wang <scwang@××××××.cn>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] ext4 reserved space and defragmentation?
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 07:53:21
Message-Id: 20100627075231.GA15738@localhost
1 Hi:
2
3 I want to tune my ext4 filesystem of NAS data partition to free its
4 reserved space by using "tune2fs -m0 <partition>". By reading the
5 manual of tune2fs, I observed the following words:
6
7 "Reserving some number of filesystem blocks for use by
8 privileged processes is done to avoid filesystem
9 fragmentation"
10
11 It means that filesystem defragmentation need such reserved blocks to
12 work properly, am I right? If so, can I make the reserved blocks a
13 little because the default 5% is too much. My NAS filesystem is about
14 7x1.5T, then 5% means a lot of space.
15
16 --
17 Shaochun Wang <scwang@××××××.cn>
18
19 Jabber: fungusw@××××××.org

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Re: [gentoo-user] ext4 reserved space and defragmentation? Florian Philipp <lists@××××××××××××××××××.net>
Re: [gentoo-user] ext4 reserved space and defragmentation? Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>