Re: Where did my disk space go?

[Robert Citek <rwcitek@alum.calberkeley.org>]

On Thursday, Jul 8, 2004, at 14:01 US/Central, Charlie Brune wrote:
> Since my "/chas" filesystem is just a place to store data, is there 
> really
> any need to reserve *any* space at all?  With 200GB, I'd like to think
> that root could find a little room. 8-)

IIRC, Linux uses the reserved space to defrag the filesystem on the 
fly.  But I cannot find anything via google to support that claim.  
Here's a link to a HowTo on filesystems:

   http://www.ibiblio.org/filesystems/howto/Filesystems-HOWTO.html

Personally, I like have 5-10% reserved.  That way, when I get close to 
99% full, I know I can quickly free up 5% on the fly and then go get a 
new drive or expand the Logical Volume.  It's a nice soft limit before 
hitting the hard limit.

Regards,
- Robert


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