John LLOYD wrote: >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of Collins, Kevin L. >> Sent: 10. august 2009 17:53 >> To: Dell Poweredge list server >> Subject: Large File Systems, GPT, MD1000 >> >> >> >> I'm trying to deploy a system comprised of a PE1950 + PERC >> 6/E + MD1000 with 14x1 TB drives. I'm installing Ubuntu >> Hardy (8.04 LTS) server on the machine. Internally the >> PE1950 has a PERC 6i hooked to two 750GB drives in a RAID 1. >> That's where the OS will live. The MD1000 is simply gonna be >> used for storage - with LVM and XFS. Everything is >> recognized and is working. > > Be aware that Dell does not "officially" support XFS, on the grounds > that it is not a "default" filesystem choice of the operating system. > > If you run into issues, with PERCs and you are asked the filesystem > type, you might get a "we do not support this" response if you say > "XFS". We had an issue on a SUSE box with a PERC that went a little > nuts after a power bump. Needed help getting the vdisks back into > shape. Dell wouldn't help on the operating sytsem side because it had > an XFS filesystem. >
SLES support XFS fully. For Dell not to is just silly. I could see that if it was RHEL. CentOS and Fedora support XFS. > Had the same issue with Dell and EMC vs XFS for medium-size (20+TB) > filesystems too. It's explicit in the EMC docs. YMMV but for sure be > prepared in case you are asking for support. > > Note that in spite of the above we run XFS on numerous machines, for > ourselves and customers, quite successfully. > > > --John > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-PowerEdge mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge > Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeff Hanson - [email protected] - Field Technical Analyst You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice. If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice. You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill; I will choose a path that's clear I will choose freewill. - Lee/Lifeson/Peart _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
