On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 11:13 PM, Imtiaz Rahi<[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 6:48 AM, bd lug <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Is xfs stable enough for production use? >> >> Tell me about its feature / pro's and con's >> >> i just know its big file transfer speed is better then other's. >> > > Hi Foisal, > > I have been using XFS for my /home and DATA partitions for a long time and > ofcourse its very stable. > You are right it can handle large amount of file and bigger size files more > efficiently. > pros and cons can't tell you in detail. I read on web and started using it > on my Linux systems few years ago. >
I'd recommend not using xfs for the '/' partition, I ran into some problems a few years back in case of power outtage, the file system got corrupted. But you could use that for other folders. XFS is way faster than ext3. -- Regards Abu Zaher Md. Faridee http://zaher14.blogspot.com/ --- Time heals every wound, but time itself is a wound that never heals.
