From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Q1oNT-0004LW-UR for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 21 Mar 2011 23:19:12 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1076C1C0B4; Mon, 21 Mar 2011 23:17:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-px0-f179.google.com (mail-px0-f179.google.com [209.85.212.179]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C57191C0B4 for ; Mon, 21 Mar 2011 23:17:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pxi2 with SMTP id 2so1264289pxi.10 for ; Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:17:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:date:from:to:subject:message-id :mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:content-type :content-disposition:content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to :user-agent; bh=A/EheLT/rFDP5yiKS1OmhaOkFc60dmGO3hcLwu57yNk=; b=KedikC+PYl/Q/HBS7BWF1mqbIWCr6JQHVQAaLFGa+DFLiszMaQdb8OMCdi4h+Dwe85 CA8JyIsagusVbUjHK9dXE6ZW16i65SKqgrwUaUJ19JvQJrBtNN4fMQ2T+QY2oH/QRSUe h+j+BOAq+gH2DPW+yLkAkBDhLdOJ4874XCxeg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references :mime-version:content-type:content-disposition :content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=PCDIm8av2JPsffCFvghDVPhezpyQhHL34bTsmVB3qpLV40ptQA9pYSzKjDZlBEHVKg ACGqnyDBzd0zjqWnPvVUPR0KzqwDI8IDqZocqccbQNaga/zZNgpChzh5pi/MoP3naPB1 RkfB8ZAJOFxuvsTOia/92sf9bT99SCa7MdPUc= Received: by 10.142.246.17 with SMTP id t17mr3698277wfh.26.1300749467893; Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:17:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([113.111.192.22]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id w27sm7853410wfd.16.2011.03.21.16.17.45 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:17:47 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 07:17:42 +0800 From: Amankwah To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] the best filesystem for server: XFS or JFS (or?) Message-ID: <20110321231742.GB1354@Diamond.KWGR614> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <4D87A7C6.1060502@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=gb18030 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4D87A7C6.1060502@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 3dacc09ce4b7f2e0754e66122caf29ca On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 08:32:22PM +0100, Jarry wrote: > Hi, >=20 > I'm looking for "the best" filesystem for a small multi-purpose > server with a couple of services running (ftp, web, mail, mysql). > For me very important features are: >=20 > snapshot (will be used for backup, must be native without lvm) > journaling > resizeable (if possible online) >=20 > After a little research I have found two candidates: > JFS (created by IBM) > XFS (created by SGI) >=20 > Now without trying to start flame-war, my question is: > which of them could be better for my need? > More stable, more reliable, more efficient, etc. > Or should I consider some different filesystem? >=20 > Jarry >=20 I was using XFS=A3=ACbut the *rm* is a nightmare. so I suggust you to try JFS, if your server need to remove files frequently. but i use ext4/reiserfs now. and the btrfs is worth trying.