On 05/03/08 14:21, Nick Webb wrote: > Hi All - > > I posted this question to the ubuntu-users list perviously, but this > seems like the proper list to post to (I just discovered this list). > > I've got a couple projects coming up that will have a file systems >= > 2TB and I'm thinking of using XFS for it. Main feature of XFS I need is > the lack of fsck at startup (fsck for ext2/3 will take many hours with a > 2TB partition). The file system will also likely have many large files, > so XFS seems to be a good choice for this as well. > > Can anyone share their XFS experiences on Ubuntu Dapper? Is it as > stable as ext3 in your experience? Any tips/tricks/gotchas? Any other > file systems I should look at (JFS, ReiserFS, etc.)? > > I posed the same question to other Linux users I know, and there was a > mix of "I've had no problems" to "I stuck with ext3, it's solid and I > know I can trust it, despite the horrible fsck times." I'm really > curious to get other opinions, especially with the shipped binaries on > Dapper, as we only use LTS for production machines. > > Thanks! > > Nick > > > I've read many of the responses you received and I wondered something else.
I don't know what kind of data set you have that requires >2TB partitions, but another route to travel would be multiple smaller partitions that you each check on a regular basis. Unmount the partition, fsck it, then remount it. -- Onno Benschop Connected via Optus B3 at S31°54'06" - E115°50'39" (Yokine, WA) -- ()/)/)() ..ASCII for Onno.. |>>? ..EBCDIC for Onno.. --- -. -. --- ..Morse for Onno.. ITmaze - ABN: 56 178 057 063 - ph: 04 1219 8888 - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ubuntu-server mailing list ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
