Onno Benschop wrote: > 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. > >
That's an option in most cases. For this particular case (5TB) is a file share of videos and high resolution photographs. We could likely partition it up by customer or something like that, but if we can have one huge partition that's just easier for most things. Good point, though. Nick -- ubuntu-server mailing list ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
