> If you've ever tried to venti format a 20GB disk you'd know why > it sucks to deal with. I don't have 24 hours to wait for it to > finish as this is also my main linux box for my day job.
If you put your arenas into several smaller partitions instead of one big one you can fmtarenas each partition independently; as long as your splits don't loose too much due to fragmentation your only cost will be that your venti config will be a few lines longer. Dave Eckhardt
