[H-GEN] Out of disk space errors?

[David Duffy]

Robert Brockway wrote:

>On Thu, 19 May 2005, David Duffy wrote:
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>>Related to this, I have a question. I recently ran out of space on my 
>>Debian box. Running df indicated heaps of room left but when I used the 
>>"file properties" via my Windows box to get the size of all files, it 
>>indicated that one directory tree that had thousands of tiny clipart 
>>files in it was hogging about 20 times as much disk space than what the 
>>files really added up to in raw sizes. I gather that this is to do with 
>>cluster sizes and the files being much smaller than them. I deleted that 
>>whole directory and it now shows 22% space used and the problem is gone. 
>>Is there any way to store heaps of very small files without wasting 
>>space? David...
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>Hi David.  You have at least a couple of options.  Others may chime in 
>with more.
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>1. Make the block size smaller on the filesystem if you can so that less 
>   space is wasted per file.  The downside is the kernel must read more 
>   blocks to access the file so it is a little slower.  How much of an 
>   impact this makes is debateable.
>
>2. Use Reiserfs with the "tail" option on (which happens to be the default 
>   last I checked).  This will use space more efficiently for small files 
>   again at the expense of speed.
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Thanks Rob (and others) for you replies. How do I tell what filesystem 
is running?
David...