Is there a way to set a default for mkfs.xfs to favor more and smaller allocation groups?
Issue
Performance can degrade as the size of allocation groups increase on an XFS file system. It would be preferable to be able to set a default to favor more and smaller allocation groups.
Environment
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6
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