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authorNeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>2009-11-17 13:15:34 +1100
committerNeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>2009-11-17 13:15:34 +1100
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Set default bitmap-chunksize for internal bitmaps to at least 64Meg
A small bitmap-chunksize hurts performance without helping resync speed much - particularly on internal bitmaps. So set the default to at least 64Meg. Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
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@@ -614,8 +614,8 @@ When using a file based bitmap, the default is to use the smallest
size that is at-least 4 and requires no more than 2^21 chunks.
When using an
.B internal
-bitmap, the chunksize is automatically determined to make best use of
-available space.
+bitmap, the chunksize defaults to 64Meg, or larger if necessary to
+fit the bitmap into the available space.
.TP
.BR \-W ", " \-\-write\-mostly