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On 03/21/2011 08:32:22 PM, Jarry wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> I'm looking for "the best" filesystem for a small multi-purpose |
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> server with a couple of services running (ftp, web, mail, mysql). |
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> For me very important features are: |
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> snapshot (will be used for backup, must be native without lvm) |
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> journaling |
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> resizeable (if possible online) |
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I'd like to suggest BTRFS. |
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I know, there is a general warning because it's a new file system. |
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But I haven't found any issues myself nor those being mentioned on the |
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net. |
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I have several machines running BTRFS for all partitions except / |
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(root) since , AFAIK, BTRFS on the root partition needs a patched grub |
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I had crashes (power down and hard reset due to X11 crashes) but my |
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BTRFS files system recover fast and without any glitch. |
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You might have a look at |
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https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page |
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From that |
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The main Btrfs features include: |
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Extent based file storage (2^64 max file size) |
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Space efficient packing of small files |
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Space efficient indexed directories |
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Dynamic inode allocation |
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Writable snapshots |
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Subvolumes (separate internal filesystem roots) |
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Object level mirroring and striping |
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>>> Checksums on data and metadata (multiple algorithms available) |
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>>> Compression |
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Integrated multiple device support, with several raid algorithms |
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Online filesystem check (not yet implemented) |
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>>> Very fast offline filesystem check |
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>>> Efficient incremental backup and FS mirroring |
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>>> Online filesystem defragmentation |
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BUT, you need a (very) recent kernel. The most recent bad bug when |
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using coreutils-8.10 (http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=353907) |
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has been fixed in the 2.6.38 kernel but not for ext4, yet (AFAIK). |
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Helmut. |
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