[lug] Best block size?

[Gary Hodges]

I probably should have mentioned this is a 147 GB drive.


Gary Hodges wrote:
> 
> 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?