Large inodes = faster samba

    Ted T'so just mentioned in his LCA 2007 talk that larger inode sizes improves the speed of Samba 4. This is because you can fit more file attributes in the inode. I can't find a reference to the benchmark results online quickly, but wanted to make a note of this.

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