Allison Maury wrote:
>
>>> I've understood that XFS is a great filesystem and would like to use
>>> it for our 2 file servers. As I'm new to linux administration, I
>>> was planning to purchase SUSE to have the XFS filesystem supported
>>> for these two machines. But, I really like the Centos distro and
>>> community. So, I'm wondering, how hard would it be for me to get
>>> this working and to maintain it. Is it complicated to recompile the
>>> Centos 4 kernel to enable it? And, what sort of upkeep is necessary
>>> as updates become available? I'd appreciate any general and
>>> specific information on what's involved to get XFS enabled on Centos 4.
>>>
>> Unless you specifically need a feature of XFS that's unavailable in
>> EXT3, you might want to stick with the "standard" journalled file
>> system since you are "new to linux administration." I have never
>> played with XFS or Reiserfs so I can't comment on their merits, but I
>> can comment that EXT3 has been bulletproof for me on many file server
>> installs. And being a lazy creature of habit, I've not felt the need
>> to rock the boat. 8-)
>>
> I've heard that it can take a very long time to get an EXT3 system
> back online after a file system crash; whereas, XFS provides rapid
> recovery from system crashes. Since we mirror the two file servers
> (each have an attachment with 2 TB of data), I'm more interested in
> being able to get back online quickly. Have you had any file system
> crashes and if so, how long did it take you to get back up?
No, I've never had a crashed/corrupted EXT3 file system...ever. (knock
on wood)
Cheers,
C
