On 14/03/2022 13.22, Fabian Groffen wrote:
Hi,
I've recently been thinking about this too.
On 13-03-2022 18:06:21 -0700, Matt Turner wrote:
The VDB uses a one-file-per-variable format. This has some
inefficiencies, with many file systems. For example the 'EAPI' file
that contains a single
> "MT" == Matt Turner writes:
MT> For example the 'EAPI' file
MT> that contains a single character will consume a 4K block on disk.
the sort of filesystes one expects to be used for /var all store short
files either directly in the inode or in the directory entry¹.
that said, Fabian’s
Hi,
I've recently been thinking about this too.
On 13-03-2022 18:06:21 -0700, Matt Turner wrote:
> The VDB uses a one-file-per-variable format. This has some
> inefficiencies, with many file systems. For example the 'EAPI' file
> that contains a single character will consume a 4K block on disk.
