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I've seen some benchmarking that suggests XFS is excellent wrt large |
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files. Reiserfs3 really shines when it comes to lots of little files in |
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lots of directories, but it can hold its own w/ lots of big files. |
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David Wuertele wrote: |
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> I'm rebuilding my terabyte file server from scratch. Previously I |
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> used "emerge gs-sources" to get my kernel, but I'm considering using |
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> the performance-tuned "emerge gentoo-sources" this time. |
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> |
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> I want maximum performance and reliability in these areas: |
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> |
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> on-board Via IDE controller |
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> multiple SIIG ATA-133 PCI IDE controllers |
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> 7-drive RAID5 array |
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> 1.5TB Reiserfs partition |
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> Average file size about 50MB, largest files will commonly exceed 2GB |
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> Samba file sharing |
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> NFS file sharing |
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> |
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> All other areas are of little or no consequence. |
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> Any recommendations? |
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> Thanks, |
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> Dave |
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