[Samba] Best file system for a Raid5 and samba ?

Leroy van Logchem Leroy.vanLogchem at wldelft.nl
Thu Apr 17 09:08:40 GMT 2003


On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, Matt Schillinger wrote:

> I agree that XFS is fast.. Reiser performs faster than ext3 also.
>
> I have tested files up to 30GB on XFS, and Reiser, with no problems.
>
> Matt Schillinger
> mschilli at vss.fsi.com

Same here, hosting 1.2 TB on XFS - 500 users. Large WinXP systemimages ;
no problem.
Btw, if you know how to upgrade your kernel you don't need the SGI XFS
installer stuff. Just apply the patches as explained on the XFS site.

Goodluck,
Leroy



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