From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_MISSING, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from mons.uio.no (mons.uio.no [129.240.130.14]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D762AC3C6 for ; Mon, 15 Apr 2002 08:40:18 -0500 (CDT) Received: from nommo.uio.no ([129.240.222.179]) by mons.uio.no with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #7) id 16x6iP-0000QP-00 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Mon, 15 Apr 2002 15:40:17 +0200 Received: from terjekv by nommo.uio.no with local (Exim 2.12 #1) id 16x6iE-0003cn-00 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Mon, 15 Apr 2002 15:40:06 +0200 To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] File systems References: <20020415100614.15741.qmail@web21407.mail.yahoo.com> <21421.195.216.217.131.1018871695.squirrel@webmail.insecurity.dk> X-URL: http://terje.kvernes.no/ Organization: do you Gentoo? From: Terje Kvernes Date: 15 Apr 2002 15:40:06 +0200 In-Reply-To: <21421.195.216.217.131.1018871695.squirrel@webmail.insecurity.dk> Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: aa50262a-c07c-43c7-8272-5c71487bf428 X-Archives-Hash: cb87f1c28746d070f7e48b7a1b5baebf "Kim Nielsen" writes: > > What file systems do you all recommend? > > Pick a stable one like ext3 or xfs .. still some problems with reiserfs I've had both ext3 and XFS kill data for me, reiserfs hasn't. yet. and I run reiserfs on around 20 boxes, some in production with a 24/7 demand, and yes, I use NFS with reiserfs. although, XFS with Gentoo is nice since our very nice developers have fixed kernels with support for everything out of the box. I plan on testing XFS again this month, and see how it does this time around. ext3 has been touch and go for me, but we run it on workstations where I work. we just don't use it for large server volumes. one reason is the lack of the ability online resize. -- Terje