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From: czei@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu (Michael S Czeiszperger)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: How does filling a disk to capacity affect performance?
Message-ID: <460@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu>
Date: 4 Apr 88 13:23:28 GMT
Organization: Ohio State Math-Stats Dept
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I'm managing some suns for the first time, and had quite a shock when
the disk read 106% full.  After reading the manual, it explained that
the 'df' command adjusts the reading so that when it says 100% full,
the disk really is only 90% full.  It goes on to say that having the
disk over 90% would affect its performance.  Does anyone know exactly
how the performance is affected, and if there are any reasons not to
keep a disk at 96-99%??????



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