On 10/30/2012 08:17 PM, cwillu wrote: >>> If there is a lot of small files, then the size of metadata will be >>> undesirable due to deduplication >> >> Yes, that is a fact, but if that really matters depends on the use-case >> (e.g., the small files to large files ratio, ...). But as btrfs is designed >> explicitly as a general purpose file system, you usually want the good >> performance instead of the better disk-usage (especially as disk space isn't >> expensive anymore). > As I understand it, in basically all cases the total storage used by > inlining will be _smaller_, as the allocation doesn't need to be > aligned to the sector size. > if i have 10G small files in total, then it will consume 20G by default. ching -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
