On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 6:02 PM, Sirtaj Singh Kang <[email protected]>wrote:

>
> On 13-Nov-10, at 12:39 PM, Raj Mathur (राज माथुर) wrote:
> [snip]
>
>  He wanted a formula.  He has not got a formula.
>>
>
> Here's a formula:
>
> y = x * 1.0158
>
> Explanation:
>
> I decided to check the ext3 overhead empirically, since I not keen to delve
> into the resize2fs sources. I've attached a simple python script that I used
> on a bunch of machines to measure the difference between block device size
> (reported by /proc/partitions)
> and fs size (as reported by statfs). It currently reports on all mounted
> ext2 and ext3 filesystems.
>
Great to know this because i have never seen this ever. But i want to know
one thing that when i studied this, found that we keep this size bigger
because of metadata. And if it is correct metadata will increase with the
size of PV and VG then how can a specific formula be derived.

>
> I might be doing something really dumb, but it looks like there is 1.56-58%
> overhead for almost all ext3 filesystems over 1G in size created with
> default mkfs flags. It gets higher for smaller filesystems. Note that the
> journal overhead may not be included in this value.
>
> If anyone gets different values or finds any errors in the attached script
> I'd appreciate a note.
>


>  End of story.
>>
>
> It's kind of a boring story.
>
> -Taj.
>
>
>
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Sorry if i wrote rudely anywhere but my intention was not to disrespect
anyone. Everybody is doing his/her work at their respected places and is
here to learn from other and contribute for others. So their shouldn't be
any matter of unnecessary dispute type of discussions.
-- 
Regards
RAKESH
"Allow Your Own Inner Light to Guide You"
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