Re: [gentoo-server] For a 1.5TB server running Samba and NFS ONLY, what's the best kernel?

[Dimitri Collard]

I use gentoo-dev-sources instead of gentoo-sources because kernel 2.6 is
faster then 2.4

Samba and nfs work realy fine with gentoo-dev-sourses




Le ven 17/09/2004 à 20:48, David Wuertele a écrit :

> I'm rebuilding my terabyte file server from scratch.  Previously I
> used "emerge gs-sources" to get my kernel, but I'm considering using
> the performance-tuned "emerge gentoo-sources" this time.
>
> I want maximum performance and reliability in these areas:
>
>   on-board Via IDE controller
>   multiple SIIG ATA-133 PCI IDE controllers
>   7-drive RAID5 array
>   1.5TB Reiserfs partition
>   Average file size about 50MB, largest files will commonly exceed 2GB
>   Samba file sharing
>   NFS file sharing
>
> All other areas are of little or no consequence.
> Any recommendations?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave