Tony Finch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Why a prime number? All you need is an even spread, and given that
> user IDs are usually allocated sequentially any modulus will do.
Because a prime number is less likely to cause an imbalance in where
files are actually stored on disk - just like you want an odd (and
preferably prime) stripe size on RAIDs to (amongst other reasons)
avoid having all the superblock backups end up on the same disk.
DES
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