> Hi, > > > [...] > > I don't know who made them, I'm borrowing them for a while from a Network > > Appliance box, so they all report themselves at NetAPP disks, though I'm > > guessing NetAPP didn't really make them (as another note I have the array > > setup with ext3, and so far things are going well). > > this sounds interesting. Want to share some experiences regarding Ext-3 on > Alphas ? > Specifically, do you: > - use journalling
Yes, the only problem is that the docs state the max journal size is 100MB and I don't know if that's really enough for 400Gig, there's no good reference yet! > - use it on a SMP box Yes, this is on a dual CS20 833MHz. > And further, did you try to test the journalling ( like turning off the > machine in the middle > of some disk-ops and restart it to see what happens ) ? Do you use large > files ( >2Gbytes ) ? > Is your Ext-3 under heavy load ? It's a news server, not a full feed though. We're using about 100 of the 400Gig so far. I have not pulled the plug with it feeding yet. Though I did run some tests on a smaller array before this and didn't come across any problems. Since it's news I'll say we're not getting anywhere near 2GB files. > I'm planning on using Ext-3 on my UP2000 with kernel 2.4.1, as soon as I > receive some > positive news. I know of ReiserFS, but currently, it's not an option for me. Yikes, that's living on the edge. Are there ext3 patches for 2.4.x yet? I'm running 2.2.19pre7 plus a few other patches. ReiserFS in 2.4.1 (+) should be OK on UP alpha (not SMP though). > The disks will be IDE drives with a little IDE to SCSI converter, to make > them look like > normal SCSI drives ( 80 Gig IDE drives are sooo much cheaper ;-) > > I *really* want some rock-solid journalling FS and I hope, it's going to be > Ext-3, since it > looks the most convincing of the current projects to me. this was with 0.0.5e...I think. Not the 0.0.6 that somebody just mentioned. > Excuse: I know, this is not a debian/alpha issue, strictly speaking, but > IMHO, this might > be of interest for a lot of debian/alpha users. > Sorry, if this mail is of annoyance to anybody on this list - this was not > intended. > > Regards, > Thomas > > --rdp -- Rich Payne [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.alphalinux.org
