Re: Default mount options (that suck less).

David Chinner
2007-10-29T23:48:53Z

On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 06:56:57PM +1100, Niv Sardi wrote:
> Hello,
>
> XFS's default mount options are in most cases sub-optimal, we should try
> to have more sensible defaults, so far I'm following some quick dave-powered
> recomendations:
>
> - version 2 logs
> - attr2
> - lazy superblock counters
> - less allocation groups for single disk configs
>
> - imaxpct default can be reduced
>
> it is currently 25, what would be reasonable ?
>
> - dropping the ability to turn unwritten extents off completely
>
> please submit your pet-idea for better defaults here.

Another one for you - make the log larger. The kernel code supports
a log of up to 2GB, so mkfs could making a larger log without
requiring changes elsewhere.

Cheers,

Dave.
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Dave Chinner
Principal Engineer
SGI Australian Software Group