File system blocks alignment

[Oliver Fromme]

Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
 > As for newfs, the defaults are fine as long as the filesystem doesn't
 > fill up to the point where UFS starts using fragments - but when it
 > does, you're in trouble anyway, so there's no point in overriding the
 > defaults unless it makes sense for your data: a filesystem used mostly
 > to store large files may benefit from increased block / fragment sizes,
 > but remember to keep the 8:1 ratio.

I've created file systems with 1:1 ratio in the past
for storing large files (multimedia stuff and similar),
and with a very low inode density.  So far I haven't
encountered any problems.

Is there a reason for not using a 1:1 ratio, and
should I rebuild my file systems with 1:8 ratio?

Best regards
   Oliver

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