Hi, I used ext3 for the first storage attached to the server, but I switched to ext4 for the second storage purchase. Both file systems work fine, but the documentation for ext4 say it is designed to support large files better than ext3. Scratch volumes delete much faster from the ext4 filesystems.
The TSM databases are also on ext4. Regards, Bill Colwell Draper Lab -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stefán Þór Hreinsson Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 8:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Filesystem preferences for tsm 6 pools I've been running on EXT3 for now 5 years, one year on 6.1 and 6.2 on several servers, it's solid, no complaints. Performance has always been enough, from where I'm standing you go with the most commonly used solid filesystem in Linux, for me that's EXT3. regards stefan thor hreinsson basis ________________________________________ From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [[email protected]] on behalf of Lee, Gary D. [[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 14:01 To: [email protected] Subject: Filesystem preferences for tsm 6 pools Setting up a tsm 6.2.2 server under redhat enterprise linux 6 on the intel platform. Wondering what was the group's opinion on which type of file system to use for storage pools? Since raw devices are not supported, I am looking to maximize space and performance as much as possible. Gary Lee Senior System Programmer Ball State University phone: 765-285-1310
