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Old 07-08-2003, 11:16 AM   #1
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1 block = ? bytes


Thank you for the answer
 
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there is no set value, it will depend on the size of the file system, typical values will lie between 1k and 4k, going up to 16k and above for extremely large file systems.

the block size grows as there can only be so many blocks on a system, which has to be divided between the whole space. this means small files will take up more space on a large file system than a small one.
 
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Thank you very much Chris! I understand it.
 
  


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