I hear ZFS is available on Linux. Anyone has any experience with it there? -tom
On Jan 22, 2008 3:28 PM, Jacob Broido <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I agree with Hetz, it really depends on the use scenario of the FS. > > On a side note, if its a viable platform(solaris), I'd consider seriously > ZFS. ZFS IMHO is one of the best FS's today. > I can say from a personal experience that ZFS works well with large > volumes(10TB+) (both size wise and inode count wise). > > > > > > On Jan 22, 2008 3:05 PM, Hetz Ben Hamo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Oren, > > > > As far as I know, all the popular file-systems do support the sizes > > EXT3 supports. > > > > However, it really depends what are you going to store in your > > storage. if it's tiny files (few K's each file), and many other > > parameters do need to be considered before deciding what FS to use. > > > > Also, make sure your tools support the FS you choose. > > > > Good luck, > > Hetz > > > > On Jan 22, 2008 2:49 PM, Oren Held < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > As far as I understand, ext3 on RHEL5 should support a single > > filesystem of > > > 8TB or 16TB.. ( http://www.centos.org/product.html) > > > > > > Still, I wonder if it's smart to create a 6TB ext3 file system. > > > In theory, filesystem size won't affect stability or performance > > (except for > > > fsck speed I guess). > > > But in practice? Anybody got experience with it? > > > > > > I like ext3 for its stability, nativity and popularity; do you think > > that I > > > should still use something else for such huge disks? > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > - Oren > > > > > > ================================================================= > > > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > > > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > > > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Skepticism is the lazy person's default position. > > my blog (hebrew): http://benhamo.org > > > > ================================================================= > > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > Not gonna be king of the world if you're slave to the grind > - Skid Row -- -tom 054-244-8025
