[NCLUG] ext3 versus ReiserFS?

[C.J. Keist]

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.
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.
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.

At 09:55 AM 10/24/2001 -0600, quent at pobox.com wrote:
>With the Redhat 7.2 announcement I've been wondering what people think
>about the use of ext3 versus reiserfs. I've used neither but have heard
>good things about reiserfs from people using it.
>
>This info:
>
>   http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/3726/1/
>
>and others turned up with a google.com/linux search. Hearing from someone
>with firsthand experience would be good though.
>
>I'll probably try them out when I get that nifty rackmount box that
>William came up with :)
>
>         Quent
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C. J. Keist                     Email: cjay at engr.colostate.edu
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