UFS1 vs UFS2

[Paul Schenkeveld]

On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 09:29:27PM +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> >
> > I don't think performance will be much different but if so, UFS1 would
> > be (sightly) faster than UFS2 because one page read will get more inodes
> > from disk and 32 bit (UFS1) arithmetic may be slightly faster than 64 bit
> > (UFS2).
> 
> thanks for answer i was looking for! i will rebuild FS to UFS1, saving ca 
> 1GB for inodes.

Also, look at the -i option of newfs, for many purposes the default
number of inodes it allocates is far more than sufficient

> > If performance is an issue, consider turning off atime updates or even
> > mount the filesystem read-only if possible.
> i always turn off atime and use softupdates.
> 
> it cannot be readonly.