On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 5:01 PM, Craig Carl <craig at gluster.com> wrote: > ? From a previous XFS & Gluster discussion - > > "The reason we usually recommend Ext3 instead of XFS is because the > implementation of extended attributes in Ext3 is significantly faster than > in XFS. GlusterFS makes use of extended attributes quite a bit, especially > the replicate translator. In an environment with lots of small files and > many creation/deletion operations, using XFS with replication will be slower > than Ext3. > > > Thanks, > > Craig > > --> > Craig Carl > Senior Systems Engineer > Gluster Carl, what would be best in terms of performance for a smal file environment, like for example web hosting & email when setting up a replicated Gluster environment? -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers SoftDux Website: http://www.SoftDux.com Technical Blog: http://Blog.SoftDux.com Office: 087 805 9573 Cell: 082 554 7532
