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Re: Best File System for partitions over 600GB



On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 12:21:38AM +0530, Siju George wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Could some one recommend which File System is best for partitions above 
> 600GB?
> I am considering XFS. The System is Debian Sarge for amd64.
> Hope there are no issues with this setup. please let me know if i
> should be careful in any area.
> Also if a better file system suits for such large partitions :-)
> 
The issue is not so much the size of the partition, but rather what you
intend to do with it.  For mostly large files, XFS is the best.  For
lots of small files (think a filesystem holding Maildirs for thousands
of users), I am told ReiserFS is best.  For general purpose, ext3 is
still the best.

Regards,

-Roberto

-- 
Roberto C. Sanchez
http://people.connexer.com/~roberto
http://www.connexer.com

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