Re: [eug-lug]journaling filesystems
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[eug-lug]journaling filesystems
The next time I install Linux on my desktop, I plan on using a journaled filesystem. If you all could indulge me, I'd like to hear about what journaled filesystem you're running and how it fares. I'm thinking about ext3 simply b/c it seems like an easy switch from ext2, and looks like it doesn't even need to format the drive. XFS just got included in the 2.4 kernel... http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernelm=107088371607817w=2 I think there is also ReiserFS. Thanks, Rob ___ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
RE: [eug-lug]journaling filesystems
Rob, I have used both ext3 and reiser. In fact, I recently switched over to reiser from ext3 because I migrated to using LVM. Reiser really shines in the fact that you can resize it on the fly. With ext3 I would have had to unmount the partition to add (or remove) space from it. This usually won't be an issue if this is your home system and you don't mind rebooting, or if you don't make changes to your partitions very often. As far as ease of switching goes, you can use tune2fs to just add journals to your existing partitions, remount them as ext3, and you are off. - Phil -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rob Hudson Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 9:36 AM To: EUGLUG Subject: [eug-lug]journaling filesystems The next time I install Linux on my desktop, I plan on using a journaled filesystem. If you all could indulge me, I'd like to hear about what journaled filesystem you're running and how it fares. I'm thinking about ext3 simply b/c it seems like an easy switch from ext2, and looks like it doesn't even need to format the drive. XFS just got included in the 2.4 kernel... http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernelm=107088371607817w=2 I think there is also ReiserFS. Thanks, Rob ___ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug ___ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
Re: [eug-lug]journaling filesystems
On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 09:36:24AM -0800, Rob Hudson wrote: The next time I install Linux on my desktop, I plan on using a journaled filesystem. If you all could indulge me, I'd like to hear about what journaled filesystem you're running and how it fares. I'm thinking about ext3 simply b/c it seems like an easy switch from ext2, and looks like it doesn't even need to format the drive. XFS just got included in the 2.4 kernel... http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernelm=107088371607817w=2 I think there is also ReiserFS. Thanks, Rob I've used reiserfs for a few years. Only recently have I used ext3 occasionally. I prefer reiserfs as I believe it is a little faster for systems with many files. In the cases where I've used ext3, this is usually for a /boot partition, or at home when I want a drive that will power down for quietness. Reiserfs has a built in 5 second check point, which will keep the drive awake. As for xfs, I probably wouldn't use it on a critical production box for precisely the reason you stated. I thought about it for a non critical production box, specifically our mail filter and one of our mail servers. XFS is supposed to perform very well where there are a lot of little files, like with reiserfs, because it is highly cached. This would work well with a maildir imap server. Cory -- Cory Petkovsek Adapting Information Adaptable IT ConsultingTechnology to your (541) 914-8417 business [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.AdaptableIT.com ___ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
Re: [eug-lug]journaling filesystems
I use ext3 on the boot partition and XFS on the data drive. ext3 because to get back up and running in a worse case. XFS for data because it's faster and some think it's more reliable. ReiserFS and XFS are so close that it may not matter which you choose, especially if this is a workstation. Thanks Rob Hudson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: The next time I install Linux on my desktop, I plan on using a journaled filesystem. If you all could indulge me, I'd like to hear about what journaled filesystem you're running and how it fares. I'm thinking about ext3 simply b/c it seems like an easy switch from ext2, and looks like it doesn't even need to format the drive. XFS just got included in the 2.4 kernel... http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernelm=107088371607817w=2 I think there is also ReiserFS. Thanks, Rob ___ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug -- Assured Computing When you need to be sure. [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.assuredcomp.com Voice - 541-868-0331 FAX - 541-463-1627 Eugene, Oregon ___ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
Re: [eug-lug]journaling filesystems
Cory Petkovsek wrote: As for xfs, I probably wouldn't use it on a critical production box for precisely the reason you stated. I thought about it for a non critical production box, specifically our mail filter and one of our mail servers. XFS is supposed to perform very well where there are a lot of little files, like with reiserfs, because it is highly cached. This would work well with a maildir imap server. xFS was designed to scale well to humongous, massively parallel filesystems (e.g., 100 spindles w/ 64 CPUs). It also works just fine with a single disk and single CPU, though. I used xFS on IRIX for many years. I've never tried it on Linux. I use boring old ext3 on all the boxes at home. I don't have any real opinions on whether xFS, ReiserFs or ext3 is best, though. -- Bob Miller Kbob kbobsoft software consulting http://kbobsoft.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
Re: [eug-lug]journaling filesystems
I've been using ext3 since it was a default for redhat; and have used reiserfs before (but not in a while). Don't forget about JFS: http://www-124.ibm.com/developerworks/oss/jfs/ and BTW, anyone use CFS or TCFS? ciao, Ben PS - here is a relatively local review: http://oregonstate.edu/~kveton/fs/ On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 09:36:24 -0800 Rob Hudson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | The next time I install Linux on my desktop, I plan on using a journaled | filesystem. If you all could indulge me, I'd like to hear about what | journaled filesystem you're running and how it fares. | | I'm thinking about ext3 simply b/c it seems like an easy switch from | ext2, and looks like it doesn't even need to format the drive. | | XFS just got included in the 2.4 kernel... | http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernelm=107088371607817w=2 | | I think there is also ReiserFS. | | Thanks, | Rob ___ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
