So - Out of all of this "slow performance with lots of files" discussion, what would be the recommended filesystem? I'm about to implement a RAID-3 Samba-server for rich-media (multimedia), and I'd like (robust) journalling, along with speed. I have used (and am using) XFS, ReiserFS, ext2 and ext3, but not on any sort of server. AFAICT, they all seem to "work".
But I've only verified that ext3 survives "dog pulling out power-cord in the middle of disk-writes" :-O :-) The server will basically be RedHat 8.0, and I will be compiling custom kernels (so I can add whatever file-system-support is available for Linux...). Again, I'm after robustness and speed. Ease of implementation is low on the scale... (I don't mind pain :-) ) TIA, -Gord -- Gordon Pritchard, P.Eng. | Institute of Electrical and Research Labs Manager | Electronics Engineers Simon Fraser University, Surrey | Quarter Century Wireless Ass'n [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Telephone Pioneers of America phone: 604.586.6186 -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba