2006/2007 Filesystem Poll

jdm64 · n00b Joined: 08 Mar 2004 Posts: 26 Location: CyberSpace

Hi,

What filesytem do think is the best for:
1. Speed
2. Reliability

What is the partition layout of your disks; like partition sizes and filesystems.

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For me I prefer ReiserFS (I think it's better than Ext2/3, but I haven't tried JFS or XFS)

And my partition layout is usually like this:
/boot - 64MB - ReiserFS
swap - 1GB - Swap
/ - The rest - ReiserFS

But, I have experimented putting the portage directory in it's own partition.
It does improve the speed of emerge sync.

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(Note: there was another filesystem poll, but it was over a year old!)

Brainfart · Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 5:27 pm Post subject:

My layout:

orlfman · n00b Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 68

EXT 3.. Been stable and fast for me. Had issues with Reiser in the past.
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mdeininger · Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 5:31 pm Post subject:

this should tell you everything:

stobbsm · Guru Joined: 23 May 2004 Posts: 452

ext3 and reiserfs

my layout:

playfool · Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 5:32 pm Post subject:

I'm currently using ext3, but as soon as Reiser4 gains xattr support I'll be switching my system to using that for my own reasons. For now I'd recommend ext3, it's stable and performs decently given tweaking like dir_index.

Fran · Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 6:00 pm Post subject:

ext3 for everything except /usr/portage, which is reiserfs.

jpmayer87 · n00b Joined: 19 Mar 2006 Posts: 51 Location: Troy, NY

I have /boot on an ext2 partition, / on ext3

/usr/portage is on a squashfs with a unionfs overlay on it

JP

aidy · l33t Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Posts: 915

Ext3 I used reiserfs and xfs, but for they are much more crash sensitive etc.

R.Smith · Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 6:56 pm Post subject:

Ext3 on all partitions (except swap, obviously) with dir_index and full journalling. Tried, tested and true.

John-Boy · Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 7:13 pm Post subject:

ext3 - don't want to play silly whatsits with me data
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madchaz · Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:20 pm Post subject:

I use mostly reiserfs

I've tried XFS, but I use it only on my video storage partition exclusively now. The reason is that it's extremly fast at deleting large files.
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chINeSe mIDgEts · Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:51 pm Post subject:

/boot = ext2
/ = reiserfs
/home = reiserfs
~/movies = xfs
~/music = xfs
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lamaistres · Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 10:10 pm Post subject:

/boot is ext2 and the other partitions are ext3.
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atrus123 · Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 10:11 pm Post subject:

XFS baby!

Well, actually I only use that on my MythTV box. Everything else is ext3 or ReiserFS.
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Ma3oxuct · Guru Joined: 18 Apr 2003 Posts: 520

I have done a lot of Filesystem testing, and have come to the conclusion that he best overall filesystem is JFS. XFS is great for big files, Reiserfs is great for small files, while JFS is good for both types. In terms of data loss, I have not heard any cases of it, where as with Reiserfs and XFS, I have heard some cases.

I have not heard of any data problems with ext3, but I have found it to perform much worse than JFS, reiserfs, or xfs.

clintpatty · Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 1:25 am Post subject:

swoolley · n00b Joined: 20 Jun 2003 Posts: 0

bash-3.00$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
<snip>
nfs.<snip>:/
15T 8.0T 6.1T 57% /.automount/nfs.<snip>/root

nfs.<snip>:/
20T 14T 6.1T 70% /.automount/nfs.<snip>/root

<snip>

bash-3.00$ df
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
<snip>
<snip1>:/
15060107360 8579062944 6481044416 57% /.automount/<snip1>/root

<snip2>:/
21061543104 14540368160 6521174944 70% /.automount/<snip2>/root

<snip>

http://panasas.com/panfs.html

Old School · Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 2:23 am Post subject:

Ext 3 here. Tried and true.
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energyman76b · Advocate Joined: 26 Mar 2003 Posts: 2042 Location: Germany

dev/sda1 /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 1 2
/dev/sda3 / reiserfs noatime 0 1
/dev/sda2 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro,users 0 0
/dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom udf noauto,ro,users 0 0
/dev/sda5 /home reiserfs noatime 0 2
/dev/sda6 /mnt/portvar reiserfs noatime 0 2

you might find this interesting:
http://blog.drinsama.de/erich/en/linux/2006081102-xfs-woes
http://julien.danjou.info/blog/index.php/2006/08/10/317-aahaha-xfs
http://blog.madduck.net/geek/2006.08.09-through-with-xfs
especially funny in light of this:
http://blog.madduck.net/geek/2006.05.14-e2fs-fun
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petrjanda · Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:12 am Post subject:

My workstation:

aidy · l33t Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Posts: 915

/dev/random · Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:54 am Post subject:

/boot is ext2 and / and /home are ext3 with dir_index

mrsteven · Veteran Joined: 04 Jul 2003 Posts: 1922

ext3: rock solid and fast enough (with dir_index)

I used ReiserFS for a long time, but it slowed really down due to fragmentation, so let's see if ext3 is better... :wink:

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