xfs partition layout and using xfs_growfs
Is there any difference in a file systems layout and efficiency between
to xfs fs's of the same size, but where one was created at size '100%', where the other was created at size 50%, but then grown iteratively to 60, 70, 80, 90 and then 100% over time as it filled?
Would the final file systems look pretty much the same and have roughly the
same performance characteristics? Assume, for sake of argument, that the
file system was grown before space got tight enough to cause any severe large file fragmentation.
I've been under the impression that one gained some performance benefits if one laid out the whole file system at once is that a mis-impression?
That asked/said...is there any work underway to create an xfs_shrinkfs, so that one could go the other way?
Thanks,
Linda
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Is there any difference in a file systems layout and efficiency between to xfs fs's of the same size, but where one was created at size '100%', where the other was created at size 50%, but then grown iteratively to 60, 70, 80, 90 and then 100% over time as it filled?
Yes.
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Would the final file systems look pretty much the same
From a structural perspective, it depends on the size of the AGs in
the initial filesystem. If the filesystem was big enough to begin with (i.e. using maximally sized AGs at mkfs time) then growing it will result in a layout exactly the same as if it was mkfs'd at full size.
However, the allocation patterns will be significantly different between the two filesystems, so there will be no similarity in data layout between the two different filesystems.
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and have roughly the
same performance characteristics?
See previous answer.
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Assume, for sake of argument, that the
file system was grown before space got tight enough to cause any severe large file fragmentation.
See previous answer. ;)
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I've been under the impression that one gained some performance benefits if one laid out the whole file system at once is that a mis-impression?
I wouldn't say you "gain performance benefits" by starting with a larger filesystem, more that a grown filesystem has different aging characteristics to one that has not been grown. See previous answer. ;)
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That asked/said...is there any work underway to create an
xfs_shrinkfs, so that one could go the other way?
http://xfs.org/index.php/Shrinking_Support
Cheers,
Dave.
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