Re: [Samba] Re: Choosing hardware for a Samba based home media server
> Adam's presentation on XFS should clear up some of those questions... > ftp://ftp.kalamazoolinux.org/pub/pdf/XFS.pdf > 1) Fast for lots of files > 2) Fast for big files 2.5) Efficient for very small files > 2) Native ACL support > 3) Samba team recommended > 4) Built in storage management tools - backup / restore -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Re: [Samba] Re: Choosing hardware for a Samba based home media server
> > Seems like a pretty light-weight load to me. I dare say a 1GHz CPU and IDE > disk could do that! > > XFS filesystem will be a plus for any server, media server included. > Couldn't help myself but why is XFS a plus for any server? Why do you > recomend XFS specifically? ftp://ftp.kalamazoolinux.org/pub/pdf/XFS.pdf -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
[Samba] Re: Choosing hardware for a Samba based home media server
Chris Roubekas wrote: Couldn't help myself but why is XFS a plus for any server? Why do you recomend XFS specifically? Adam's presentation on XFS should clear up some of those questions... ftp://ftp.kalamazoolinux.org/pub/pdf/XFS.pdf 1) Fast for lots of files 2) Fast for big files 2) Native ACL support 3) Samba team recommended 4) Built in storage management tools - backup / restore Just as a start... I switched to XFS exclusively - workstations and servers. -- Michael Lueck Lueck Data Systems Remove the upper case letters NOSPAM to contact me directly. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Re: [Samba] Re: Choosing hardware for a Samba based home media server
> Seems like a pretty light-weight load to me. I dare say a 1GHz CPU and IDE disk could do that! > > XFS filesystem will be a plus for any server, media server included. > > -- > Michael Lueck > Lueck Data Systems Couldn't help myself but why is XFS a plus for any server? Why do you recomend XFS specifically? Chris -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
[Samba] Re: Choosing hardware for a Samba based home media server
Matt Roper wrote: * music files (about 6000, mostly mp3) * images (about 4000, mostly jpg) * the odd video (about 15, mostly music videos) Seems like a pretty light-weight load to me. I dare say a 1GHz CPU and IDE disk could do that! XFS filesystem will be a plus for any server, media server included. -- Michael Lueck Lueck Data Systems Remove the upper case letters NOSPAM to contact me directly. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
