I find ReiserFS v3 to be very stable. I use it on most of my current
installations and have yet to loose data due to corruption (due to user
error is another story). I've heard ReiserFS v4 performance is great, and
I believe the code is now stable. There's huge arguements about allowing
it into the Linux kernel though, as its plugin layer violates Linux's
layering model.
The plugin layer in ReiserFS v4 allows you to add functionality directly
to the filesystem without abstracting on top of it. For example: with
plugins you can compress or encrypt a filesystem at the filesystem level,
rather than in an abstraction on top of the filesystem like LVM. With
this capability you can enable plugins on a per-file basis, rather than on
the whole filesystem -- so you can transparently encrypt or compress
individual files rather than whole filesystems. Furthermore, with the
plugin model you should be able to upgrade the filesystem without
reformatting partitions (not sure how that works), and add custom
features. Overall I think it's a cool idea... but I definately see why
kernel developers are complaining.
Scott I'm not an expert on EXT3 (or anything really), but I think you can
tune journaling so that there is less risk of data loss. I'm not sure if
this would help in your case though.
- Sebastian
On Wed, 13 Jul 2005, Scott Fritzinger wrote:
I've had good success using JFS on 4 2.0 TB SATA arrays. I'm using a custom
2.4.27 kernel on Debian and the stock jfsutils. We have not had any OOPS on
the machine and use NFS for remote mounts.
Here's my experiences with other file systems:
- XFS had kernel OOPs several times when I tried that. Our uptime was
horrible and that was only with 1 array live.
- EXT3 had problems losing data on reboots or crashes. It quickly became
annoying.
- I haven't tried ReiserFS. Heard that version 4 is still stabilizing
but that 3 is pretty nice.
-Scott
Sebastian Smith wrote:
Hey guys,
I used JFS in Gentoo Linux about a year ago. I found it to be very
unstable -- I canceled a large network transfer and it borked the
filesystem... twice. Hopefully you will have better luck, but be sure to
do extensive testing before you store data on the drive. EXT3 or Reiserfs
may be better choices.
As far as distros go I would suggest Gentoo... of course ;)
http://www.gentoo.org
http://forums.gentoo.org (great source of information)
http://gentoo-wiki.com (another great source of information)
If you don't feel comfortable with a command line, and a cryptic install
process I would forget it. Most distros will have support for your
hardware so you'll have a lot of options.
Come to our meeting tomorrow (7/14): 6:00pm at UNR. We can discuss your
installation as a mini-topic ;)
http://lists.rlug.org/pipermail/rlug-announce/2005/000102.html
- Sebastian
On Wed, 13 Jul 2005, James Washer wrote:
I'll jump into the middle of this with some background. I'm the one that
suggested Mike post here. I'm running a dual EM64T Xeon with an Intel
82801EB (ICH5) SATA controller, running 2.6.11.x and I get OOM conditions
when I hammer the drives. It might be a 64bit kernel issue. I've not tried
booting a 32bit kernel. It might just be that SATA in "new"
I think most everything Mike needs will be included in just about any 2.6
based distro, but we both share SATA concerns.
- jim
BTW, I think you can grab the JFS source at IBM websites.
On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 07:59:24 -0700
Mike Galgano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
It was suggested that I ask my question in this forum, to which I am a
newcomer....
What current port would you folks suggest for a 3.0GHZ P4 w/hyperthread
and SATA? Is there one out there that has JFS? I expect to support inet
functions (proxy/dns/etc) and some ham radio functions to start.
I've been away from 'hands on' use in the xNIX world for about 4 years,
and want to jump back in. My experience is mostly AIX, but some hpux,
solaris, red hat, mandrake...
Hope this generates less than a 'throw a rock in a pack of dogs'
response... it is meant to be innocent, and genuine.
Thanks,
Mike G
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