synrat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > thanx guys. learn something new every day. > I actually noticed that my smaller volumes display the > same 'discrepancy'..., but it only became a concern after > 'loosing' 10gb :). hehe. > should've realized that myself right away. > > is this true though that soft updates use additional disk space ??
No, that's not true. Where did you hear that? > Mike Woods wrote: > > synrat wrote: > > > >> Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > >> /dev/vinum/data 67G 2.0K 62G 0% /data > >> > >> Does this look weird or what ?? > > > > > > Nope, looks fine to me :) > > > >> This is a mirrored vinum volume created from 2 partitions fully taking > >> up 2 73gb drives. vinum shows this as 68gb volume, which I guess is > >> ok considering kb>mb>gb calculation rip-off, but losing 10gb after > >> newfsing is something new. The only other thing I did is turn on soft > >> updates, but I wouldn't expect that too 'steal' 10 gb also. anyone ? > > > > > > 5gb :) > > > > UFS keep x% of the drive unavailable from anyone but root as part of the > > filesystem optimisations, you can turn this off if you want with tunefs > > but expect a performance hit from it. > > > > Mike Woods > > IT Technician > > > > _______________________________________________ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"