Re: [gentoo-server] what is the best filesystem for a server

[Michelangelo]

Summing it up, IMHO.

- NTFS is not a choice, really, you wanna stay in linux land. Besides, you
would have to find some tool|workaround for defragmenting it :/
- reiserfs is not that manageable: as others said, it does not allow
recovery from filesystem damage (let alone from hd failure). Reiserfs4
promised a breakthru, but right now is not ready to be used.
- ext3 has got decent performance for general purpose servers as well as
desktop boxes, and you can find lot of recovery tools (even some win32
ones), so this is my main choice
- go XFS on "big" servers with all the standard redundant hw equipment, but
only if you foresee heavy filesystem workload



Besides, RAID 5 is not always a good choice: I got 2 adaptec and 3ware cards
that got them bioses/nvram messed up thanks to power spikes during the big
italian blackout back in 2003. And yes, they were behind  online APC ups
Mic

On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 7:23 PM, RijilV <rijilv@×××××.com> wrote:

> 2008/5/24 A. Khattri <ajai@××××.net>:
> > Technical arguments aside, if you're serious about data loss and/or
> > performance, you would be using hardware RAID anyway. 3ware cards are
> pretty
> > cheap and the extra money is well worth it for peace of mind.
>
>
> +1 for 3ware.
>
> Also, the initial problem with this thread is that there were no
> requirements listed.  What's the best file system largely depends on
> what you're doing.  If its a IMAP server VS an Oracle database, you'd
> pick two entirely different filesystems.
>
> Asking a what the best filesystem is without any qualifications or
> requirements doesn't give you a very good answer, more likely you're
> going to get which filesystem has the most fans.
>
> .r'
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