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- From: cfauconn@eduserv.rug.ac.be (Christophe Fauconnier)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Iomega ZIP drive and AFS
- Date: 27 Mar 1996 19:14:59 GMT
- Organization: University of Ghent, Belgium
- Message-ID: <4jc43j$etp@infoserv.rug.ac.be>
- References: <4ha8n7$8u2@sdaw04.seinf.abb.se> <3149D6B6.44A1@pop.gpnet.it> <1996Mar21.220737.11756@scala.scala.com>
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- Dave Haynie (dave.haynie@scala.com) wrote:
- : In <3149D6B6.44A1@pop.gpnet.it>, Mark Marin <megavolt@pop.gpnet.it> writes:
- : >Johan H=96gberg wrote:
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- : That's correct. The FFS design is to use distributed file management,
- : which allocates pieces needed to track a disk's content as needed,
- : anywhere on the disk. The AFS design allocates everything can ever use
- : up front. However, AFS uses much less overheard to track files and
- : their contents.
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- : Under FFS with 512 byte blocks, your storage requirements go like
- : this:
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- : 10 directories 5120 bytes
- : 94 file headers 48128 bytes
- : 94 1024*1024 data 102760448 bytes
- : 94*28 extension blocks 1347584 bytes
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- : Total 104161280 bytes
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- A little remark is AFS requires at least 100k Buffer , I find it a little
- much ...
- When My hard disk is mounted, I have already loosed 500K !!!
- Maybe FFS is also , as fast with as much buffers ...
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- Christophe.
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- christophe.fauconnier@rug.ac.be
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