Would this be good or bad, to multiply filesystem with 0,1?

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The idea is about to increase the capacity of hard-disk or else storage devices. When filesystem would be multiplied with 0,1 then e.g. a hard-disk with 1 TB would have the capacity of 10 TB instead. The question is, if this is good for hardware or if this would be rather a stress-test for hardware?







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  • "filesystem would be multiplied with 0,1" how, exactly?
    – steeldriver
    Apr 28 at 2:26










  • You mean compression? This is a trade-off between storage and CPU usage. And many files cannot be compressed because they already are (photos, movies, ...).
    – muclux
    Apr 28 at 5:39










  • @steeldriver - the idea is easy, but I see now, that source code for filesystem ext4 is more complex. Here I mean 0,1 is factor for to create a more smaller file-system which takes less space away from hard-disk. The thing is, that I dont know if this would be good for read-and-write heads of hard-disk. The source code of ext4 is here: github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/fs/ext4/ext4.h
    – dschinn1001
    Apr 28 at 20:23










  • @muclux - it is not compression like compression of files with tar.gz - it is the idea of a smaller file-system which needs less space. Multiplied with 0,1 it would be ten times smaller on the hard-disk.
    – dschinn1001
    Apr 28 at 20:24










  • @steeldriver - a little hack in gparted worked, where I had chosen 'ext4' - and then put into label the factor like this : *.(0.1);
    – dschinn1001
    May 31 at 13:42














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The idea is about to increase the capacity of hard-disk or else storage devices. When filesystem would be multiplied with 0,1 then e.g. a hard-disk with 1 TB would have the capacity of 10 TB instead. The question is, if this is good for hardware or if this would be rather a stress-test for hardware?







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  • "filesystem would be multiplied with 0,1" how, exactly?
    – steeldriver
    Apr 28 at 2:26










  • You mean compression? This is a trade-off between storage and CPU usage. And many files cannot be compressed because they already are (photos, movies, ...).
    – muclux
    Apr 28 at 5:39










  • @steeldriver - the idea is easy, but I see now, that source code for filesystem ext4 is more complex. Here I mean 0,1 is factor for to create a more smaller file-system which takes less space away from hard-disk. The thing is, that I dont know if this would be good for read-and-write heads of hard-disk. The source code of ext4 is here: github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/fs/ext4/ext4.h
    – dschinn1001
    Apr 28 at 20:23










  • @muclux - it is not compression like compression of files with tar.gz - it is the idea of a smaller file-system which needs less space. Multiplied with 0,1 it would be ten times smaller on the hard-disk.
    – dschinn1001
    Apr 28 at 20:24










  • @steeldriver - a little hack in gparted worked, where I had chosen 'ext4' - and then put into label the factor like this : *.(0.1);
    – dschinn1001
    May 31 at 13:42












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The idea is about to increase the capacity of hard-disk or else storage devices. When filesystem would be multiplied with 0,1 then e.g. a hard-disk with 1 TB would have the capacity of 10 TB instead. The question is, if this is good for hardware or if this would be rather a stress-test for hardware?







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The idea is about to increase the capacity of hard-disk or else storage devices. When filesystem would be multiplied with 0,1 then e.g. a hard-disk with 1 TB would have the capacity of 10 TB instead. The question is, if this is good for hardware or if this would be rather a stress-test for hardware?









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  • "filesystem would be multiplied with 0,1" how, exactly?
    – steeldriver
    Apr 28 at 2:26










  • You mean compression? This is a trade-off between storage and CPU usage. And many files cannot be compressed because they already are (photos, movies, ...).
    – muclux
    Apr 28 at 5:39










  • @steeldriver - the idea is easy, but I see now, that source code for filesystem ext4 is more complex. Here I mean 0,1 is factor for to create a more smaller file-system which takes less space away from hard-disk. The thing is, that I dont know if this would be good for read-and-write heads of hard-disk. The source code of ext4 is here: github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/fs/ext4/ext4.h
    – dschinn1001
    Apr 28 at 20:23










  • @muclux - it is not compression like compression of files with tar.gz - it is the idea of a smaller file-system which needs less space. Multiplied with 0,1 it would be ten times smaller on the hard-disk.
    – dschinn1001
    Apr 28 at 20:24










  • @steeldriver - a little hack in gparted worked, where I had chosen 'ext4' - and then put into label the factor like this : *.(0.1);
    – dschinn1001
    May 31 at 13:42
















  • "filesystem would be multiplied with 0,1" how, exactly?
    – steeldriver
    Apr 28 at 2:26










  • You mean compression? This is a trade-off between storage and CPU usage. And many files cannot be compressed because they already are (photos, movies, ...).
    – muclux
    Apr 28 at 5:39










  • @steeldriver - the idea is easy, but I see now, that source code for filesystem ext4 is more complex. Here I mean 0,1 is factor for to create a more smaller file-system which takes less space away from hard-disk. The thing is, that I dont know if this would be good for read-and-write heads of hard-disk. The source code of ext4 is here: github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/fs/ext4/ext4.h
    – dschinn1001
    Apr 28 at 20:23










  • @muclux - it is not compression like compression of files with tar.gz - it is the idea of a smaller file-system which needs less space. Multiplied with 0,1 it would be ten times smaller on the hard-disk.
    – dschinn1001
    Apr 28 at 20:24










  • @steeldriver - a little hack in gparted worked, where I had chosen 'ext4' - and then put into label the factor like this : *.(0.1);
    – dschinn1001
    May 31 at 13:42















"filesystem would be multiplied with 0,1" how, exactly?
– steeldriver
Apr 28 at 2:26




"filesystem would be multiplied with 0,1" how, exactly?
– steeldriver
Apr 28 at 2:26












You mean compression? This is a trade-off between storage and CPU usage. And many files cannot be compressed because they already are (photos, movies, ...).
– muclux
Apr 28 at 5:39




You mean compression? This is a trade-off between storage and CPU usage. And many files cannot be compressed because they already are (photos, movies, ...).
– muclux
Apr 28 at 5:39












@steeldriver - the idea is easy, but I see now, that source code for filesystem ext4 is more complex. Here I mean 0,1 is factor for to create a more smaller file-system which takes less space away from hard-disk. The thing is, that I dont know if this would be good for read-and-write heads of hard-disk. The source code of ext4 is here: github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/fs/ext4/ext4.h
– dschinn1001
Apr 28 at 20:23




@steeldriver - the idea is easy, but I see now, that source code for filesystem ext4 is more complex. Here I mean 0,1 is factor for to create a more smaller file-system which takes less space away from hard-disk. The thing is, that I dont know if this would be good for read-and-write heads of hard-disk. The source code of ext4 is here: github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/fs/ext4/ext4.h
– dschinn1001
Apr 28 at 20:23












@muclux - it is not compression like compression of files with tar.gz - it is the idea of a smaller file-system which needs less space. Multiplied with 0,1 it would be ten times smaller on the hard-disk.
– dschinn1001
Apr 28 at 20:24




@muclux - it is not compression like compression of files with tar.gz - it is the idea of a smaller file-system which needs less space. Multiplied with 0,1 it would be ten times smaller on the hard-disk.
– dschinn1001
Apr 28 at 20:24












@steeldriver - a little hack in gparted worked, where I had chosen 'ext4' - and then put into label the factor like this : *.(0.1);
– dschinn1001
May 31 at 13:42




@steeldriver - a little hack in gparted worked, where I had chosen 'ext4' - and then put into label the factor like this : *.(0.1);
– dschinn1001
May 31 at 13:42















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