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I went through this, this past summer deciding on what JF file system I
was going to use on our student file server. Back then ext3 was
still in experimental phases, so I didn't even consider it. Reiserfs
looked good but had a bug in exporting with NFS, they did have work
around for it but it didn't distill any confidence in me. So I
finally chose XFS from SGI. They had their own modified RH install
disc, so installation was a snap. I had some problems getting disk
quota to work, but found a patch for that. The current release of
XFS is very stable. I have nothing but high praise for XFS, just
have to hope that SGI will stay in business to keep supporting it.<br>
I've been very pleased with the XFS performance, its FAST. I have a
500Gb file system, with an average of 200 to 300 active users connected
via samba. Before on ext2, the server would have a average load 4
to 5 (dual PentIII 400Mgz, 4Gb of RAM) with peaks up into the
30's!! Now, the load average is mostly under 1, with peaks in 13's
to 15 range.<br>
Of course the biggest improvement is no more 3+ hour down time waiting
for a 500Gb file system to fsck!! Now it takes about 10
seconds.<br><br>
At 09:55 AM 10/24/2001 -0600, quent@pobox.com wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>With the Redhat 7.2 announcement
I've been wondering what people think<br>
about the use of ext3 versus reiserfs. I've used neither but have
heard<br>
good things about reiserfs from people using it.<br><br>
This info:<br><br>
<a href="http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/3726/1/" eudora="autourl">http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/3726/1/</a><br><br>
and others turned up with a google.com/linux search. Hearing from
someone<br>
with firsthand experience would be good though.<br><br>
I'll probably try them out when I get that nifty rackmount box that<br>
William came up with :)<br><br>
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