Hello, We're planning to setup a new backup server with an fibrechannel connected storage array. The initial size of the array will be about 15TB with an estimated grow to about 50TB within the next few years. The backup software (IBM Tivoli) does not have any problems with handling so much space, however there is still the question of what filesystem to use for the array.
Usually my server filesystem of choice is XFS (most servers being Fedora), since ext3 has a very poor performance with large directories as well as with some tasks like error recovery and formatting. Also the size limitations of ext3 (the backup server is a x86 system) make it pretty much impossible to use for this setup. Thus I'd like to operate the array with XFS, but I could not find any mention of XFS being available on RHEL5. So my question: are there official XFS packages (kernel module and tools) available for RHEL5? And if not, where could I get them and how could I install them? Or is there any alternative filesystem included with RHEL5 that can safely handle so much data? Thanks in advance, Joe _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list rhelv5-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
