[Samba] Re: Choosing hardware for a Samba based home media server

[Michael Lueck]

Chris Roubekas wrote:

> Couldn't help myself but why is XFS a plus for any server? Why do you
> recomend XFS specifically?

Adam's presentation on XFS should clear up some of those questions...

ftp://ftp.kalamazoolinux.org/pub/pdf/XFS.pdf

1) Fast for lots of files
2) Fast for big files
2) Native ACL support
3) Samba team recommended
4) Built in storage management tools - backup / restore

Just as a start...

I switched to XFS exclusively - workstations and servers.

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Michael Lueck
Lueck Data Systems

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