From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list xfs); Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:01:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from cuda.sgi.com (cuda2.sgi.com [192.48.168.29]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id m0MN1VAI014375 for ; Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:01:32 -0800 Received: from mail47.messagelabs.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cuda.sgi.com (Spam Firewall) with SMTP id 51EAD54B272 for ; Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:01:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail47.messagelabs.com (mail47.messagelabs.com [216.82.240.163]) by cuda.sgi.com with SMTP id 1XNYhCpIdA0Ciw5Z for ; Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:01:50 -0800 (PST) Subject: xfs_rapair memory requirement per TB From: Rene Salmon Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:01:22 -0600 Message-Id: <1201042882.32649.256.camel@holwrs01.bp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: xfs To: xfs@oss.sgi.com Hi, Reading the "Repairing a possibly incomplete xfs_growfs command?" thread this month makes me wonder if there is some type of rough formula or guesstimation cheat sheet to figure out how much memory and swap one would need for an xfs_repair given a file system with many terabytes. Say I have an 8TB LUN that needs an xfs_repair. What would be the rough memory requirements and swap space? Thanks Rene