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>| Stupid question, why have small keys at all?
>|
>| Someone said once that he didn't want to use large keys because they added
>| no value to him and small keys wasted less space. If there are people like
>| this around, burying it is not cool, but if there aren't, maybe small keys
>| should be ripped out?
>|
>Some people don't care about speed but need space. I'd leave them in on
>general principle, even if no one wants them now.

How much space would be gained after all on, say, a 200 GB partition?



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