Re: [CentOS] OT:Which filesystem to use with large files

2009-12-23 Thread MHR
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 2:50 PM, carlopmart wrote: > Kwan Lowe wrote: >> >> I actually prefer backing up LVMs.. I use the snapshot feature which >> means I can backup a live volume. Works well. > > But I can't use snapshot feature because under these lvm partitions there are > ZFS, > NTFS and so

Re: [CentOS] OT:Which filesystem to use with large files

2009-12-23 Thread Kwan Lowe
>> I actually prefer backing up LVMs.. I use the snapshot feature which >> means I can backup a live volume. Works well. > > But I can't use snapshot feature because under these lvm partitions there are > ZFS, > NTFS and so on filesystems that linux can't access ... Not sure that I'm understandin

Re: [CentOS] OT:Which filesystem to use with large files

2009-12-23 Thread carlopmart
Kwan Lowe wrote: >>> With LVMs you'd of course lose the flexibility of file-backed targets >>> and the ability to do sparse files are you're intending.. >>> >>> dd if=/dev/zero of=iqn.2009-12.com.mydomain:storage.disk01.foo.foo >>> bs=1 count=0 seek=16G >> LVM was my first option and performance it

Re: [CentOS] OT:Which filesystem to use with large files

2009-12-23 Thread Kwan Lowe
>> With LVMs you'd of course lose the flexibility of file-backed targets >> and the ability to do sparse files are you're intending.. >> >> dd if=/dev/zero of=iqn.2009-12.com.mydomain:storage.disk01.foo.foo >> bs=1 count=0 seek=16G > > LVM was my first option and performance it is very very good wi

Re: [CentOS] OT:Which filesystem to use with large files

2009-12-23 Thread Les Mikesell
carlopmart wrote: > Kwan Lowe wrote: >> On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 10:47 AM, carlopmart wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Recently I have installed a centOS 5.4 server to use as a home NAS server. >>> I need >>> to use large files (8GB minimum) inside of it to serve via iSCSI services. >>> Which >>> file

Re: [CentOS] OT:Which filesystem to use with large files

2009-12-23 Thread carlopmart
Kwan Lowe wrote: > On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 10:47 AM, carlopmart wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Recently I have installed a centOS 5.4 server to use as a home NAS server. >> I need >> to use large files (8GB minimum) inside of it to serve via iSCSI services. >> Which >> filesystem do you recommends me

Re: [CentOS] OT:Which filesystem to use with large files

2009-12-23 Thread Kwan Lowe
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 10:47 AM, carlopmart wrote: > Hi all, > >  Recently I have installed a centOS 5.4 server to use as a home NAS server. I > need > to use large files (8GB minimum) inside of it to serve via iSCSI services. > Which > filesystem do you recommends me to reach maximum performan

Re: [CentOS] OT:Which filesystem to use with large files

2009-12-23 Thread carlopmart
Les Mikesell wrote: > carlopmart wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Recently I have installed a centOS 5.4 server to use as a home NAS server. >> I need >> to use large files (8GB minimum) inside of it to serve via iSCSI services. >> Which >> filesystem do you recommends me to reach maximum performance:

Re: [CentOS] OT:Which filesystem to use with large files

2009-12-23 Thread Les Mikesell
carlopmart wrote: > Hi all, > > Recently I have installed a centOS 5.4 server to use as a home NAS server. > I need > to use large files (8GB minimum) inside of it to serve via iSCSI services. > Which > filesystem do you recommends me to reach maximum performance: xfs, ext3, > ext4, gfs2 >

[CentOS] OT:Which filesystem to use with large files

2009-12-23 Thread carlopmart
Hi all, Recently I have installed a centOS 5.4 server to use as a home NAS server. I need to use large files (8GB minimum) inside of it to serve via iSCSI services. Which filesystem do you recommends me to reach maximum performance: xfs, ext3, ext4, gfs2 ?? Thanks. -- CL Martinez ca