[OpenAFS-devel] Max /vicep partition size?

Dale Ghent daleg@umbc.edu
Wed, 9 May 2007 12:45:46 -0700


On May 9, 2007, at 11:28 AM, Zach Schimke wrote:

> I don't think that requiring anyone in that situation to have 10 / 
> vicep[a-j] is a good solution.

It's not really a bad thing to have 10 (or more) vice partitions. In  
fact, if the underlying storage system for your vice partitions has  
adequate IO headroom, spreading your volumes over many vice  
partitions can speed salvaging after a crash.

/dale

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