On 5/2/2013 4:16 AM, Charles Marcus wrote:
Hello,
I'm in the process of finalizing the spec for my new dovecot VM, and
this is the last question I need to address...
I've read until I'm just about decided on XFS, but I have no
experience with it (been using reiserfs on my old box (@ 8 yrs old
now), and never had a problem (knock on wood), but considering its
current situation (little to no development support for reasons
everyone is aware of), I've decided now is the time to switch. It came
down to XFS or EXT4, and I like what I've read about XFS, but am
unsure how to tune it (or even if I should).
I've decided to use mdbox for storage (been using maildir), and will
enable SIS for attachments.
So, anyone (Stan?) have any suggestions? Should I go with EXT4? Or XFS
with just the defaults? Or XFS with one or more tuned parameters?
Appreciate any suggestions (including links to docs dealing with
tuning XFS for my mail storage conditions that are written more at the
layman level) or comments from anyone experienced using both...
Thanks,
For what it's worth if you can afford it I'd use SSD drives. My server
screams since I went to SSD.
