----- "Green Guy" <greentech3000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > ... > I know that XFS metadata such as the log, AG info, etc also need to be > accounted for, but I am not sure the best way to determine how much > space they will take. > > ... > How can I determine the correct file size and preallocate them in a > way where they always begin/end on stripe unit/width taking the > filesystem overhead into account? > Note: the log needs to stay on the same fs. > There's no way to make a guaranteed aligned/sized allocation, but you can ask for a "best effort" by using the sizing information returned from the XFS_IOC_FSGEOMETRY syscall (via xfsctl). cheers. -- Nathan _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs
