How full is too full?

I have read several accounts of the troubles people have when filling their Xserve RAID too full.
How full is too full? 85%? 90%? 95%?
Thanks,
Ed

I don't think there is a hard limit due to the differences in file types - it's likely to be different depending on whether you have thousands of multi-gigabyte files or millions of 4K files.
As a general rule I'd use 90% as the limit to work to, but don't be surprised if performance degrades before then.

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I've had many SSD's, starting out with the Intel X25M-G2 80Gb. Often there are recommendations of 7% over provisioning and I regard that as a minimum.
I've been doing a LOT of reading on this since my OP. It sounds like some manufacturers hide the 7% so it's safely stashed away so users cannot get rid of it, while others don't, but it's a recommendation as you've stated.
Due to the work I was doing I used 20% which leads to a speed increase and to a longer life expectancy. At one stage I had even allocated more but it was overkill. For "normal" usage I would be somewhere between these two extremes.
I like to be safe, so I like the 20% idea.
I've just ordered the 2.8 Ghz model with the 256 SSD, for me it is the model that has the "sweet spot" and I'll be wanting to have at least 15% free space.
Does that leave you room for expansion for the length of time you expect to keep the mini? Or are you using an external drive to store data on?
Wonder if you've looked at my other thread asking about the 2012 quad vs the 2014 dual i5? I think I'm leaning toward the 2014, and was thinking about the 2.6, but then saw that an upgrade to the 3.0 was also an upgrade to an i7, granted for $200 more. And I think I'd like the 512GB SSD and 16GB RAM to make sure for the future (this $699 mini is getting awfully expensive!).
This free space can be unallocated (as in "not partitioned") or a part of a partition that is not filled up completely.
It's getting late and I'm going cross-eyed from reading so much, so perhaps that's the reason, but I'm not following you here. Would you mind explaining a bit more or a different way?

How Much is Too Much?

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I am trying to install PuppyLinuxSlacko.5.4 from a LiveUsb to an unallocated-Partition in my Lenovo-G770 Laptop, Win7 .
My G770 shows that I have two disks: C:\ and D:\ .
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http://www.vmars316.com/ShowMe/GParted01.png
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http://www.vmars316.com/ShowMe/GParted02.png
Pls, How to fix: Too many Primary Partitions ?
I've been told that to try and fix it in Linux is too risky .
I set up the unallocated 20gb partition.
Can I just merge it into the 29gb Extended Partition ?
If I did merge, How would I access it ? Which Partition is it an extension of ?
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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 09:22:05 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: How to change too less than 4seconds...
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