[lug] Best block size?

[Gary Hodges]

I've installed a new disk that I will be filling with many thousands of
files with typical sizes of:

-rw-r--r--    1 hodges   hodges      36064 Jul 22 14:39
20030701185900.jpg
-rw-r--r--    1 hodges   hodges       3769 Jul 22 14:39
20030701185900.png
-rw-r--r--    1 hodges   hodges        711 Jul 22 14:39
20030701185900.properties

-rw-r--r--    1 hodges   hodges      25685 Jul  3 10:33
20030509054400.jpg
-rw-r--r--    1 hodges   hodges       2559 Jul  3 10:33
20030509054400.png
-rw-r--r--    1 hodges   hodges        734 Jul  3 10:33
20030509054400.properties


That is the approximate high and low range of the .jpg files.  While
this will be the main use for the disk, I will also create temporary
.iso files to write to CD.  What is the ideal block size to use?  Why?

Gary