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cst
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 Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 2:53 pm Post subject: Which FileSystem is best for which partition? |
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Im planning to get separate partitions for:
/boot
/
/usr/portage
/var
/tmp
/home
Which fs would suit each partition best in terms of performance?
For now im only sure of Ext2 for boot:)
PS: This will be on fake raid using 2 hdds if that changes anything.
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wswartzendruber
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I've never had data loss with ReiserFS 3. I did lose my configs with Ext4, though. But if you want all out performance, I hear ReiserFS 4 is where it's at, and it's also slated for kernel inclusion (2.6.33 I think).
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luispa
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Yes, ReiserFS 4 seems promising, with Reiser 3 I couldn't live with mount times, too long (particulary with >1T partitions). I'm using EXT4 since Jan'09 without any problems. EXT2 for /boot and EXT4 for everything else.
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Drasica
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From personal experience, I've had trouble with ReiserFS and ghosting.
I usually stick to Ext3 for /, it works well with Windows. |
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Cacklesmatter
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Here's my $0.02
I use Ext4 for /boot and ReiserFS 3 for /
Never had a problem.
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John R. Graham
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| Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 4:16 pm Post subject: |
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| luispa wrote: | | Yes, ReiserFS 4 seems promising, with Reiser 3 I couldn't live with mount times, too long (particulary with >1T partitions). |
Reiser4 mount times are quite long as well on large partitions. Mount time on my 1tb (hardware) RAID-5 array is nearly a minute. Since I seldom reboot, this isn't an issue for me.
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wswartzendruber
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| Cacklesmatter wrote: | | I use Ext4 for /boot |
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Moved from Installing Gentoo to Duplicate Threads.
See Get help on partitioning here [Part 2].
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