Sandor W. Sklar wrote: <snip> >> >> ext3 is best used on a RHEL4 system because it's what we develop, test >> and support. That is a very important consideration. Note that this does >> not mean it's the best one on a technical and theoretical or performance >> standpoint. > > That is an interesting point, and one that I didn't consider. All of > our RHEL systems are built from a local Satellite Server, but we have > bought a few "retail" licenses, for the purposes of support. So, can I > take it that you're stating that if we were to have a problem with an > XFS, or Reiser filesystem, and opened a support case with it, we might > experience some issues? That is an important point, so thanks ... that > does help inform our decision. A nice simple way to put it is 'We ship it, we support it'. ext3 is all the things you want IMO : (a) reliability, (b) performance, and (c) ease of administrative tasks. . A couple more (d)Long support cycle (e) a good engineering and maintenance understanding of it from your vendor. Cheers Michael -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
