What to choose: JFS, XFS or ext3 ?

spinner · n00b Joined: 30 Sep 2005 Posts: 46

hi,
I will format my two 200GB SATA drives that I have for storage from NTFS to something new.

These disks are for storage only and there will be 700+MB files and smaller like 4+MB files meaning (mp3 and some movies, all legally acquired

)

So I was wondering what filesystem should I choose.
The first thought was for ext3 but after doing some search on the net I believe that JFS or XFS are better options.

Has anyone tried any of those two filesystems: XFS, JFS ?
I will be using kernel 2.6.x and x86_64 and x86.

Any opinions/recomendations/suggestions are welcome

Adrien · Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 5:20 pm Post subject:

Hi!

XFS is just fine for both x86 and x86_64.
I'm not sure JFS is very stable yet on x86_64 though.

Kah · n00b Joined: 06 Jan 2003 Posts: 30 Location: Paris

Hello,
XFS is fine for storing big files, but here they say:

tost · Guru Joined: 10 Dec 2005 Posts: 506

@Kah

I used XFS on x86 several years and never had any problems.
I have a quite normal Pc and sometimes the power was gone away ;-)

But the Filesystem wasn´t corrupted or impaired by this.

But nevertheless you´re right, XFS uses a lot of RAM this is not even the best side of it.

I would choose ext3 or ReiserFs.
They are stable and especially ReiserFs is very good for portage and the small files ..

tost

erikm · l33t Joined: 08 Feb 2005 Posts: 634

I just saw this has been updated... hope it's helpful. :wink:

tost · Guru Joined: 10 Dec 2005 Posts: 506

Great site, thanks a lot

This is really a huge and complete benchmark of almost every filesystem i´m able to use...

I bookmarked the site for the future ;-)

tost

ShadowHawkBV · Guru Joined: 27 Mar 2004 Posts: 352

I've never had a problem with JFS being fast, efficient and very recoverable if hard crashes occur. I've been using it on X86_64 for around 2 years with no troubles, and on X86 for near 4 years. IBM has done good work porting JFS from AIX to OS/2 to Linux.

YMMV.
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spinner · n00b Joined: 30 Sep 2005 Posts: 46

I am thinking of going with reiserFS.

I repeat that this disk will be only for storage, movies and mp3 and nothing more..

Any more opinions are welcome

billspork · n00b Joined: 17 Aug 2005 Posts: 30

I'm using ReiserFS on a 64-bit machine. It hosts mostly music. It's worked perfectly for me since day one. I'd highly recommend it over anything else.

6D7474 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 08 Sep 2005 Posts: 135

take also a look at https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-305871.html
this thread convinced me to ext3...

Belandrew · n00b Joined: 15 Mar 2004 Posts: 18

Before switching to XFS or ReiserFS, you should know you should avoid using them on normal PC hardware unless you're also using a UPS with the system monitoring it.
Here's why http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Filesystems/reiserfs.html
It's possible to lose power and not have a problem. Or it's possible to lose power and have that entire file system ruined. It just depends on the timing.
Of course, if it's a bunch of media files you don't care if you lose, rather than ones you do care about, this won't affect your choice.

Lord__Astaroth · Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 11:41 pm Post subject:

Use XFS

it have better perfomance for big files
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energyman76b · Advocate Joined: 26 Mar 2003 Posts: 2048 Location: Germany

Hi,

xfs overwrittes 'damaged' files with zeros - so guaranteed data loss.

jfs is dead slow.

And portage is a zillion small files - ideal for reiserfs.
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tuber · Apprentice Joined: 12 Nov 2004 Posts: 267

My complaint with ext3 is that I can't resize the partition while it's mounted.

erikm · l33t Joined: 08 Feb 2005 Posts: 634

chrisaw · n00b Joined: 06 Feb 2005 Posts: 20 Location: /mnt/gentoo

ReiserFS (3.6) is my personal favourite FS. It's the fastest i've found out there, especially on SCSI/SATA drives. My favourite feature is if you mess it up beyond all belief it always seems to find a way to repair its self from a LiveCD (worst case scenario

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rteichmann · n00b Joined: 02 Feb 2004 Posts: 20 Location: Germany

andrewd18 · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 5:14 pm Post subject:

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-305871.html

With those modifications, I'm extremely happy with my ext3 partitions. Comparable to reiserfs 3.6's speed, and twice as stable on my computer.

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tost · Guru Joined: 10 Dec 2005 Posts: 506

My biggest fear is that my reiserfs partition gets fragemented as you read in many postings here :-(

But until now it´s working fast and secure every day ..

tost

dweigert · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 5:56 pm Post subject:

One of the very nicesct features of XFS is the "realtime" feature. This lets you stream data off of the disks in an isochronys manner. It is ideal for media playback by the way. I used to use it under Irix for that very reason.

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spinner · n00b Joined: 30 Sep 2005 Posts: 46

Any proposal for the reiserfs block size for mp3 and movies ?

I believe it should be 2K to save free space but any ideas are welcome.

reiserfs has fragmentation issues ?

kyphros · n00b Joined: 20 Jan 2006 Posts: 10

I keep two TB of music and movies on XFS. It works very well for streaming over my network, and coming from SGI I trust it more than ReiserFS.

longship

deluge · Apprentice Joined: 28 Jan 2004 Posts: 157

Take a look http://linuxgazette.net/102/piszcz.html and http://linuxgazette.net/122/piszcz.html

erikm · l33t Joined: 08 Feb 2005 Posts: 634

Too funny. That's the second double link in this thread. Don't you people read before posting?