Thanks for the links! I'll check them out! Cheers, Joe
On Nov 25, 2007 12:07 AM, Stephen John Smoogen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Nov 24, 2007 1:55 AM, Joe (Mobile) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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? > > > > I can answer part of your query: > > 1) xfs is not available on RHEL from Red Hat. > > 2) xfs can be tried from CentOS linux in the forms of kmod items in > their centosplus area: > > http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/centosplus/ > > Scientific linux might also have stuff. > https://www.scientificlinux.org/download/ > > Adding this ot an RHEL kernel is at your own risk.. how stable your > data will be is also up to you to test and configure. There are no > guarentees, but you might be able to find out if SGI or some ex-SGI > people will do contract work to support it. > > > Thanks in advance, > > Joe > > > > _______________________________________________ > > rhelv5-list mailing list > > rhelv5-list@redhat.com > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list > > > > > > -- > Stephen J Smoogen. -- CSIRT/Linux System Administrator > How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed > in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice" > > _______________________________________________ > rhelv5-list mailing list > rhelv5-list@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list > _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list rhelv5-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
