Re: Which FS to use ?
Op do 18-09-2003, om 21:34 schreef Alan Chandler:
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> On Wednesday 17 Sep 2003 07:11, Willem.Smit@sanlam.co.za wrote:
> > Hey guys (are there any girls on this list - hmm)
> > Which filesystem would you recommend for a biggish (10 gig) partition ? At
> > the moment I'm using Ext2fs and I really have to use something else, it's
> > just way to slow. So should i use Reiser or Ext3fs ? Or is there maybe
> > another fs I can use ?
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> Personally
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> On my systems at home, I have a root partition that is ext3, everything else
> is on lvm as a reiserfs partion
>
> Why?
>
> Because I can boot the root partition from a floppy disk and fix disasters as
> an ext2 partition but uses ext3 as some protection for unplanned shutdown
> (power failure), but
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> lvm + reiserfs gives comparable performance but great flexibility in creating
> and destroying partions (lvm) and ability to on-line resize (reiserfs -
> increase only - you have to unmount to decrease). Also reiserfs can pack
> small files into a single block - as I reckon I have loads of these improves
> utilisation (although actually at the moment I have loads spare in my logical
> volumes).
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>
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> - --
> Alan Chandler
> alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk
I recently switched all my partitions except for boot to lvm.
(i don't think it's possible to switch boot to lvm?) But i kept my
original non lvm partitions. This doesn't take up all that much space
since it's basically a base system install.I can always adjust my fstab
to mount those partitions if i encounter problems with lvm.
Benedict
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