Re: Future Linux filesystems

2008-06-11 Thread Zach Brown
> SSD is still very expensive when compared to traditional hard disks. When measured by GB/$, sure. Many data centers, though, care more about (ops/sec) / ($ * power * heat). SSDs look much more compelling by that metric. - z -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-b

Re: Future Linux filesystems

2008-06-11 Thread Tomasz Chmielewski
I also would like to comment that btrfs is ready for the future storage - the solid state drive. Btrfs performs well on both HDD and SSD. SSD is still very expensive when compared to traditional hard disks. *If* btrfs supported compression, I would second your opinion that btrfs is (will be, w

Re: Future Linux filesystems

2008-06-04 Thread Thomas King
> On Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 09:37:27AM -0500, Thomas King wrote: >> > All the issues he complains about actually are solved by XFS, and XFS >> actually >> does better in >> > exactly these environments than either zfs on Solaris or JFS2 on AIX. >> > >> > >> >> I asked the author that question and he

Re: Future Linux filesystems

2008-06-03 Thread Dongjun Shin
On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 11:37 PM, Thomas King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> All the issues he complains about actually are solved by XFS, and XFS >> actually > does better in >> exactly these environments than either zfs on Solaris or JFS2 on AIX. >> >> > > I asked the author that question and he s

Re: Future Linux filesystems

2008-06-03 Thread Chris Mason
On Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 09:37:27AM -0500, Thomas King wrote: > > All the issues he complains about actually are solved by XFS, and XFS > > actually > does better in > > exactly these environments than either zfs on Solaris or JFS2 on AIX. > > > > > > I asked the author that question and he states

Re: Future Linux filesystems

2008-06-03 Thread Joe Peterson
Martin K. Petersen wrote: > We're very concerned about data integrity. With btrfs everything is > checksummed at the logical level. This allows you to detect data > corruption, repair bad blocks using redundant, good copies, perform > data scrubbing, etc. That's the main reason I am interesting

Re: Future Linux filesystems

2008-06-03 Thread Miguel Sousa Filipe
Hi, On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 4:52 PM, Evgeniy Polyakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi. > > On Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 09:37:27AM -0500, Thomas King ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: >> I asked the author that question and he states XFS is actually a pretty good >> answer to most of those issues but believ

Re: Future Linux filesystems

2008-06-03 Thread Martin K. Petersen
> "Joe" == Joe Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Joe> You don't mention what I believe is the *key* issue (and I don't Joe> think the author did either, but I skimmed his article): data Joe> integrity. I'm not talking about blatant failures or known need Joe> for an fsck, but rather silent

Re: Future Linux filesystems

2008-06-03 Thread Evgeniy Polyakov
Hi. On Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 09:37:27AM -0500, Thomas King ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I asked the author that question and he states XFS is actually a pretty good > answer to most of those issues but believes it still falls short where "the > metadata areas are not aligned with RAID strips and al

Re: Future Linux filesystems

2008-06-03 Thread Joe Peterson
Thomas King wrote: >> All the issues he complains about actually are solved by XFS, and XFS >> actually > does better in >> exactly these environments than either zfs on Solaris or JFS2 on AIX. >> >> > > I asked the author that question and he states XFS is actually a pretty good > answer to most

Re: Future Linux filesystems

2008-06-03 Thread Thomas King
> All the issues he complains about actually are solved by XFS, and XFS actually does better in > exactly these environments than either zfs on Solaris or JFS2 on AIX. > > I asked the author that question and he states XFS is actually a pretty good answer to most of those issues but believes it st

Future Linux filesystems

2008-06-02 Thread Thomas King
Folks, I am writing an article for Linux.com to answer Henry Newman's article at http://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/sans/features/article.php/3749926 concerning Linux and massive filesystems. Is there someone here that can field some questions about BTRFS? Thanks! Tom King -- To unsubscribe fr