FWIW, it looks like RHEL 7 (plus clones) will now default to XFS.
Kris Lou
k...@themusiclink.net
On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 9:17 AM, Michael Stowe
<mst...@chicago.us.mensa.org>wrote:
>
> > I'm working on bringing back a backuppc instance. It is very large 3+TB.
> > The issue I'm having is e2fsck is taking an extremely long time to
> finish.
> > It is stuck on the checking directory structure. We are going on 48
> hours.
> >
> > So I'm wondering what other file systems do you guys use? Any
> > recommendations of one that may be more efficient or better suited for
> > such a large volume on Bakcuppc? Because once I have this machine back up
> > I'm actually going to add more drives.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > mjr
>
> I notice a few people have either suggested or recommended xfs. Having
> done a technical review specifically for BackupPC for a mixed environment
> (Windows and Unix backups) xfs is my first choice, for both performance
> and functionality. It avoids the whole fsck thing entirely, and as a
> dubious bonus, is capable of defragmentation in situ. One feature that it
> lacks -- and probably will always lack -- is the ability to shrink, so if
> you need that, look elsewhere. (Personally, this has never come up for
> me.)
>
> jfs doesn't have quite the same fsck advantage, but is a close second in
> most categories.
>
> reiserfs/4 I'd rule out due to abandonment and reliability issues.
>
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