[Samba] best filesystem choice for samba (was: new user cannot logon)

[Simon Oliver]

I am setting up a Samba server and am uncertain as to which filesystem to
choose.  

The consensus seems to be XFS but I'm not sure how proven this filesystem is
(I know SGI have used it since Irix 6.5 but that's a different OS).

I want the filesystem to be available via both CIFS and NFS.

I need quotas and would like acls, but most of all want a fast reliable
system.

Reports indicate that ext2/3 is particularly slow, especially for long file
listings and many people complain have corruption issues with reiser (nut
maybe that's RedHat only).  Recently, someone even suggested using VFAT!

I'd like to hear your thoughts and experiences with the various filesystems,
especially with regard to using them with Samba and/or NFS.

P.s. The filesystem will be on hardware RAID5, with a hardware RAID1 root
filesystem.  I've heard that it makes sense to place the log file on the
RAID1 partition - I carried out some simple tests but couldn't detect any
difference in performance with XFS no matter where the log file is.

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  Simon Oliver