Hi Chris, maybe you want to think about having more banks with smaller partitions in case of a filesystem check or even a resize. I'm still using ext4 for my backup filesystem because I didn't knew it better when I setup the machine. I resized the partition from 4 to 6 TB for which I first need a filesystem check which needs to have 4 GB additional RAM and it took about 3 ours to check the partition. After that the resize took again 4 ours. Maybe that's not needed with XFS or ZFS, but think about it before you need to do it is everytime a good idea. :)
kind regards, Andi Am 05.10.2015 um 18:22 schrieb Güder, Christian: > > > Dear all, > > > > We are using Dirvish since a long time to backup numerous Linux > applications and NAS servers – and despite development is not that > active anymore, it’s still doing a good job. > > > > We’re about to expand our backup servers – this time using 6TB disks. > This will lead to filesystems of theoretical sizes between ~120 and > ~190TB. Right now, we are using XFS as filesystem, but the sheer amount > of files is really challenging it. Does anybody have experience with > handling /bigger than usual/ filesystems using ext4, BtrFS, GlusterFS or > even ZFS (using Linux)? Sharing any advices greatly appreciated. > > > > Kind regards, > > Chris > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Dirvish mailing list > Dirvish@dirvish.org > http://www.dirvish.org/mailman/listinfo/dirvish > _______________________________________________ Dirvish mailing list Dirvish@dirvish.org http://www.dirvish.org/mailman/listinfo/dirvish
