On 6/6/12 5:06 AM, Richard Ems wrote: > On 06/06/2012 01:45 AM, Dave Chinner wrote: >> No surprise if you have a large filesystem and the filesystem is >> changing while xfs_db is running. xfs_db is not coherent with >> mounted filesytems, and it is not recommended that you use it that >> way.s xfs-db is a debugging tool, not a filesystem state reporting >> tool. > > Ok, thanks, didn't know that. > I would like to monitor the fragmentation value for all my mounted XFS. > I think I read in previous list messages that also other people are > using xfs_db this way. Or is there another way to get the fragmentation > value? As Dave said, this just isn't that useful. http://xfs.org/index.php/XFS_FAQ#Q:_The_xfs_db_.22frag.22_command_says_I.27m_over_50.25.__Is_that_bad.3F explains why. -Eric _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs
