The numbers I have always heard (and not always lived) are 15 - 20%.
on the low end if big contiguous chunks,
on the higher end if in little bitty bits.

I'm sure someone will have a more precise "it depends" answer, but these
should be
reasonable good reference numbers.

Oh yes, if you are trying to do a system backup to disk, you may need a
little bit more ;-)
Terry Simpkins
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From: Art Bahrs
To: HP3000-L
Subject: [HP3000-L] Minimum Free Space?
Date: Thursday, March 06, 1997 12:51PM

I need to pick the brains of all those HP 3000 gurus out in ListLand :)

I am trying to figure out what is the minimum Free Space required on a HP
3000
series 957 with 4 scsi drives (1- 1.3GB, 3 2.0GB)???

I know this is a nebulus area but hopefully there is some tech
reference/benchmark where HP or others say the system will cease to function
properly (read "start acting like HAL did in 2001!" hehehehe)

Thanks for any and all help on this one :)
Art Bahrs
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