dan wrote: > As far as filesystem. I really like EXT3 because it is very very > reliable but it is not the fastest thing out there. It also has very a > long FSCK process which is not fun on a multi-TB array. XFS is a very > good performer for backuppc and it is current, stable, and maintained > and likely the best choice. ZFS is platform dependant and hungry for > resources BUT is very very fast when tuned properly and can handle your > volume management. It also does raidz/raidz2 faster than many hardware > cards and is less impacted by parity calculations than standard > raid5/6. ZFS is a beast of a filesystem and you need to balance the > pros vs the cons.
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