> if you have an 80000 block cache (the default size), afsd
> will create 8000 files in the cache by default. i find this
> is way too many for single user workstations (500-1000 is
> probably a better number), so i specify afsd -files 1000 .
Actually, it depends what single users do on machines. If you
are using MH, for example, you might want more cache files, since
users will tend to be reading and writing many many small files.
Just remember that it can't hurt you to have too many cache files.
The tradeoffs are size/chunk in the cache and number of inode that you
use. The fewer cache files you have, the fewer files you can cache.
However if you are constantly caching many large files, then you
probably do want fewer cache files.
Its all a tradeoff. I tend to think the default is fine more my uses,
even on a single-user machine.
-derek
