From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hans Reiser Subject: Re: Reiser4 und LZO compression Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:55:47 -0700 Message-ID: <44F5C313.40905@namesys.com> References: <20060827003426.GB5204@martell.zuzino.mipt.ru> <20060828173721.GA11332@hello-penguin.com> <44F332D6.6040209@namesys.com> <1156801705.2969.6.camel@nigel.suspend2.net> <20060829045937.GA9181@localhost.hsdv.com> <20060829143814.GA21868@hello-penguin.com> <44F47FEB.9060005@namesys.com> <44F4880C.3050507@slaphack.com> <44F4914A.1010005@slaphack.com> <44F4979E.9020101@namesys.com> <44F49D7F.3010403@slaphack.com> <0954BE4F-E3A4-4A59-B275-10C1D8DB5101@smartgames.ca> <44F4C2C9.3070101@slaphack.com> <44F5C1D7.5060904@namesys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: <44F5C1D7.5060904@namesys.com> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Edward Shishkin Cc: PFC , ReiserFS List Edward Shishkin wrote: > > (Plain) file is considered as a set of logical clusters (64K by > default). Minimal unit occupied in memory by (plain) file is one > page. Compressed logical cluster is stored on disk in so-called > "disk clusters". Disk cluster is a set of special items (aka "ctails", > or "compressed bodies"), so that one block can contain (compressed) > data of many files and everything is packed tightly on disk. > > > So the compression unit is 64k for purposes of your benchmarks.