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| 9 | <sections> |
9 | <sections> |
| 10 | <section> |
10 | <section> |
| 11 | <title>Introduction to Block Devices</title> |
11 | <title>Introduction to Block Devices</title> |
| 12 | <subsection> |
12 | <subsection> |
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| 110 | partitions or volumes have the following advantages: |
110 | partitions or volumes have the following advantages: |
| 111 | </p> |
111 | </p> |
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| 113 | <ul> |
113 | <ul> |
| 114 | <li> |
114 | <li> |
| 115 | You can choose the most performant filesystem for each partition or volume |
115 | You can choose the best performing filesystem for each partition or volume |
| 116 | </li> |
116 | </li> |
| 117 | <li> |
117 | <li> |
| 118 | Your entire system cannot run out of free space if one defunct tool is |
118 | Your entire system cannot run out of free space if one defunct tool is |
| 119 | continuously writing files to a partition or volume |
119 | continuously writing files to a partition or volume |
| 120 | </li> |
120 | </li> |
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| 136 | </p> |
136 | </p> |
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| 138 | </body> |
138 | </body> |
| 139 | </subsection> |
139 | </subsection> |
| 140 | </section> |
140 | </section> |
| 141 | <section> |
141 | <section id="fdisk"> |
| 142 | <title>Using fdisk on Alpha to Partition your Disk</title> |
142 | <title>Using fdisk on Alpha to Partition your Disk</title> |
| 143 | <subsection> |
143 | <subsection> |
| 144 | <body> |
144 | <body> |
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| 146 | <p> |
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| 412 | as the creation of large filesystems, the use of many small files, very large |
412 | as the creation of large filesystems, the use of many small files, very large |
| 413 | files and directories containing tens of thousands of files. |
413 | files and directories containing tens of thousands of files. |
| 414 | </p> |
414 | </p> |
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| 416 | <p> |
416 | <p> |
| 417 | <b>XFS</b> is a filesystem with metadata journaling that is fully supported |
417 | <b>XFS</b> is a filesystem with metadata journaling which comes with a robust |
| 418 | under Gentoo Linux's xfs-sources kernel. It comes with a robust feature-set and |
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| 419 | is optimized for scalability. We only recommend using this filesystem on Linux |
418 | feature-set and is optimized for scalability. We only recommend using this |
| 420 | systems with high-end SCSI and/or fibre channel storage and a uninterruptible |
419 | filesystem on Linux systems with high-end SCSI and/or fibre channel storage and |
| 421 | power supply. Because XFS aggressively caches in-transit data in RAM, improperly |
420 | an uninterruptible power supply. Because XFS aggressively caches in-transit data |
| 422 | designed programs (those that don't take proper precautions when writing files |
421 | in RAM, improperly designed programs (those that don't take proper precautions |
| 423 | to disk and there are quite a few of them) can lose a good deal of data if the |
422 | when writing files to disk and there are quite a few of them) can lose a good |
| 424 | system goes down unexpectedly. |
423 | deal of data if the system goes down unexpectedly. |
| 425 | </p> |
424 | </p> |
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| 427 | <p> |
426 | <p> |
| 428 | <b>JFS</b> is IBM's high-performance journaling filesystem. It has recently |
427 | <b>JFS</b> is IBM's high-performance journaling filesystem. It has recently |
| 429 | become production-ready and there hasn't been a sufficient track record to |
428 | become production-ready and there hasn't been a sufficient track record to |
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