Re: [BackupPC-users] FS and backuppc performance

2009-03-19 Thread stoffell
2009/3/18 Pedro M. S. Oliveira : > From what I've seen on the list there are some people using XFS, Ext3, and > so on. What's your experience with the different file systems? > What FS do you guys use recommend/used and why? We use XFS on a 3-disk raid 5 (3x500gb). Just because we're used to usin

Re: [BackupPC-users] FS and backuppc performance

2009-03-19 Thread Les Mikesell
Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote: > > Backuppc will use all the processor, ram, and disk speed you give it. I've > not had a box where they weren't all pegged. I tend to limit concurrent > backups to 2; maybe 3 or 4 on a really high-end box (multiple processors and > a proven fast disk array); to con

Re: [BackupPC-users] FS and backuppc performance

2009-03-19 Thread Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom
On 03/19 11:56 , Pedro M. S. Oliveira wrote: > With the amount of data I reported and number of files I just have 6% of > inodes occupied so I don't think that is really a problem, do you use XFS > for any special purpose besides dynamic inode creation? The ability to be resized while mounted is

Re: [BackupPC-users] FS and backuppc performance

2009-03-19 Thread Pedro M. S. Oliveira
With the amount of data I reported and number of files I just have 6% of inodes occupied so I don't think that is really a problem, do you use XFS for any special purpose besides dynamic inode creation? What do you think about recovery and maintenance tools for XFS. And least but not lest don't

Re: [BackupPC-users] FS and backuppc performance

2009-03-18 Thread Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom
On 03/18 05:48 , Pedro M. S. Oliveira wrote: > What FS do you guys use recommend/used and why? I typically use XFS for backuppc data pools, and ext3 for the root filesystem. I don't want to run out of inodes like ext3 can do. :) -- Carl Soderstrom Systems Administrator Real-Time Enterprises www.

[BackupPC-users] FS and backuppc performance

2009-03-18 Thread Pedro M. S. Oliveira
Hi all! I'm running backuppc in several installations and sites and i'm very pleased with it, one of the sites has more than 3TB compressed data and about 6.000.000 files. Backupps run very well fast and reliable. My question is about FS performance. From what I've seen on the list there are so