Re: [debian-amd64] Re: building a dual Opteron Server
my provider setup JFS for me on other machines, swore by it, and they're
quite knowledgable. it also seems to run better than ext3. i'm not
extremely clued in to filesystems, but i've been happy with it thus far
with it.
are there some negatives you're thinking that i should be aware of?
On Wed, 11 Aug 2004, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 12:47 -0700, mike wrote:
> > I have
> >
> > Dual AMD opteron 242 (1.4ghz)
> > Tyan Thuner K8S (S2882)
> > 2 GB RAM
> > 3ware escalade 9500S-8
> > 8x250GB WD SATA drives, 7 in raid5 with one hot spare
> >
> > so nearly same configuration you're asking about.
> >
> > first off, debian-amd64 screams on it. it loves it.
> >
> > originally i had an 8506-8, but they told me proper 64-bit support
> > wouldn't work with the 3dm/CLI userland utils, so i bumped up to the
> > 9500S-8. it works great, now that kernel 2.6.8-rc1 and higher has full
> > low-level driver support in it, and all the utils work great now too. it
> > took a while and lots of back and forth with the 3ware folks =)
> >
> > i'm using it for NFS and possibly mail. right now it's also acting as an
> > interim mysql server until my next dual opteron comes in.
> >
> > i can't help with your specifics - i'm running JFS, not ext3 or xfs and
> > haven't had any need for any advanced filesystem stuff. all i can say is
> > the hardware works great together.
>
> Out of curiosity: why JFS?
>
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