Am 21.03.2011 20:32, schrieb Jarry: > Hi, > > I'm looking for "the best" filesystem for a small multi-purpose > server with a couple of services running (ftp, web, mail, mysql). > For me very important features are: > > snapshot (will be used for backup, must be native without lvm) > journaling > resizeable (if possible online) > > After a little research I have found two candidates: > JFS (created by IBM) > XFS (created by SGI) > > Now without trying to start flame-war, my question is: > which of them could be better for my need? > More stable, more reliable, more efficient, etc. > Or should I consider some different filesystem? > > Jarry >
In the past, I used many different file systems including JFS, ReiserFS-3, Ext2 and Ext3 but excluding XFS (so I won't say anything on that). Now I only ever use Ext4 except for floppies and USB sticks. JFS is a nice system, especially for larger files and resource constrained servers. However, Ext4 has become so much better than Ext3 in perceived performance (especially when handling large files) that I see no reason to use anything but that. While it is still quiet young, it receives the most testing because it is the de-facto standard on most distributions. I personally never had data loss on Ext*, even when handling with unreliable laptops that kept freezing or producing kernel oops. Hope this helps, Florian Philipp
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