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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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> Now without trying to start flame-war, my question is: |
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> which of them could be better for my need? |
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> More stable, more reliable, more efficient, etc. |
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> Or should I consider some different filesystem? |
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No easy to answer, jfs and xfs are both good file systems, that's why I |
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am using both on my server at home. |
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JFS on my root partition and backup storage space (250.000 files of all |
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sizes, 900GB) because it uses very little cpu and is very fast. Low cpu |
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usage was important for me, because my backup space is encrypted with |
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cryptsetup/LUKS. |
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On my media storage (recordings, movies, only big files: 500MB to 15GB) |
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I use xfs because of it's delayed allocation which helps to avoid |
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fragmentation. With xfs_fsr xfs also brings it's own defragmentation |
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utility. |
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Speedwise I would they that they are both at about the same speed, but I |
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cannot give you exact numbers. |
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xfs however uses more memory (because of the delayed allocation) and if |
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your server suddenly loses power you can lose data. |
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Hope that helps you, greetings from germany |
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Michael |
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