Messages in this thread |  | | From | Robert Szentmihalyi <> | Subject | Re: File server FS? | Date | Wed, 14 Nov 2001 11:41:16 +0100 |
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Am Mittwoch, 14. November 2001 03:05 schrieb Sean Elble: > I'd have to recommend XFS for you . . . it supports the kernel > mode NFS server very well, it supports LVM, an XFS file system > can be enlarged (not reduced), and XFS has great quota support, > just be sure you use a 3.0 or greater quota tools package. Why > use XFS over Ext3 you ask? XFS is faster, and scales better, > IMHO. Again just my opinion, but I hope that helps. >
ACK. We have built an 800 GB file server for a customer about three month ago using XFS on a 3ware RAID. The server performs great, even under heay load. The only drawback is that group quotas were not yet supported then. I don't know if this has changed yet, but it should be fairly easy to find out..... :-)
cheers, Robert
> ----------------------------------------------- > Sean P. Elble > Editor, Writer, Co-Webmaster > ReactiveLinux.com (Formerly MaximumLinux.org) > http://www.reactivelinux.com/ > elbles@reactivelinux.com > ----------------------------------------------- > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Fedyk" <mfedyk@matchmail.com> > To: "Brian" <hiryuu@envisiongames.net> > Cc: "linux-kernel" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 8:53 PM > Subject: Re: File server FS? > > > On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 05:03:34PM -0500, Brian wrote: > > > We are about to build a fairly large (720GB) file server > > > using Linux. > > No > > > > sane person would actually want to watch this thing fsck, but > > > I've seen mixed reports about the functionality of the > > > journaled FSes. > > > > Ext3! > > > > > Specifically, I need support for > > > * KNFSD - it is a file server, afterall > > > > Yep > > > > > * LVM - For snapshots and to add space later > > > > Yep > > > > > * Resizing - See last point > > > > There are two utilities to resize ext2, which ext3 is except > > for an additional file (journal) after umount. > > > > > * Quotas - Eventually, but we don't need it just yet > > > > A little tricky in Linus' kernel. Should be sorted out soon. > > > > > Which, if any, of the journaled FSes support these? > > > Which one should I go with for a wide range of file and > > > directory sizes? > > > > How many files in a single dir? Reiser is great for that, but > > not so good for fragmentation after time on a 70% full or more > > FS... > > > > There is indexing in development for ext2/3, but that'll be 2.5 > > work. > > > > Mike > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe > > linux-kernel" in the body of a message to > > majordomo@vger.kernel.org > > More majordomo info at > > http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ > > at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe > linux-kernel" in the body of a message to > majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at > http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at > http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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