> [ ... ] application that write large (tens of GB) files using > direct IO done in 16 MB chunks. They keep the fs around 80% > full deleting oldest files when they need to store new ones. > Usually the file can be stored in under 10 extents but from > time to time a pathological case is triggered and the file has > few thousands extents (which naturally has impact on > performance). [ ... ] They just want *guaranteed* (not just nearly-always) contiguity, without preallocating, with incremental writes with direct IO, while keeping the filesystem full at 80%. And a pony! :-) _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs
