Do not forget 'tune2fs -m 2'. By default this value gets set at 5%. With 1 TB disks we got 33 GB more usable space. Talk about instant savings!
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Alex Loddengaard <a...@cloudera.com> wrote: > I believe Yahoo! uses ext3, though I know other people have said that XFS > has performed better in various benchmarks. We use ext3, though we haven't > done any benchmarks to prove its worth. > > This question has come up a lot, so I think it'd be worth doing a benchmark > and writing up the results. I haven't been able to find a detailed analysis > / benchmark writeup comparing various filesystems, unfortunately. > > Hope this helps, > > Alex > > On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Bob Schulze <b.schu...@ecircle.com> wrote: > >> We are currently rebuilding our cluster - has anybody recommendations on >> the underlaying file system? Just standard Ext3? >> >> I could imagine that the block size could be larger than its default... >> >> Thx for any tips, >> >> Bob >> >> >
