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Re:Mkfile(8) is severely syscall limited on OS X by RyanZAG on Sunday February 12, 2017 @08:51AM (#13628291)
Judging by the post here, 512kb buffers seems like a good bet?
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Re:Mkfile(8) is severely syscall limited on OS X by mpweiher on Sunday February 12, 2017 @10:14AM (#13628671)
For a an SSD with 2GB/s throughput and the syscall overhead of OS X: yes. Go higher if you want some headroom for the next generation of faster SSDs.
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