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ext2 How to choose bytes/inode ratio
How approximately calc bytes-per-inode for ext2? I have 7.3GB storage (15320519 sectors 512B each). I have made ext2 filesystem with block size 4096 mke2fs /dev/sda2 -i 524288 -m 0 -L "SSD" -...
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mkfs ext2 ignore number-of-inodes
I want to make ext2 file system. I want to set "number-of-inodes" option to some number. I tried several values: if -N 99000 then Inode count: 99552 if -N 3500 then Inode count: 3904 if -N ...
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How does "Inodes per group" and "lazy_itable_init" flag relate to the "Inode count" value in an ext4 filesystem?
I am trying to root cause a customer case where 2 Identical drives, formatted with the same command, led to a difference of ~55GB in total disk space due to additional Inode overhead. I want to ...
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How do I get ext3/ext4 filesystem features to apply in mke2fs?
As many of you know, ext3/ext4 have filesystem features that provide their special functionalities. Some of these features can be retrieved using dumpe2fs, for example, this output: Filesystem ...
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