New for 2006! http://linuxgazette.net/122/TWDT.html#piszcz
:-) Teresa and Dale wrote: > Farhan Ahmed wrote: > > >>Hi, >> I want to know which is the best file system for a high >>performance Linux? I'm presently a encrypted ext3 file system for my >>Gentoo Desktop machine.. I've heard that ReiserFS provides the best >>performance.. Is it true? What about XFS? My file system is created >>using the following command : >> >> sbin/mkfs.ext3 -j -m 1 -O dir_index,filetype,sparse_super /dev/*** >> >>I want to know what all options I can use for ReiserFS, ext3 and XFS to >>get the maximum performance.. Also I have this in my '/etc/fstab': >> >> /dev/ROOT / ext3 noatime,data=journal >> /dev/SWAP none swap sw >> /dev/XXX /doc ext3 noatime,nodev,nosuid,noexec,data=journal >> /dev/USR /usr ext3 noatime,nodev,data=journal >> >>What should I modify top get the best performance in all (ReiserFS, ext3 >>and XFS) file systems? >> >>Thanks In Advance, >>Farhan Ahmed >> >> >> > > > > Well, it depends on a lot of things. From what I have read, one of the > biggest things it depends on is the size and number of files you have. > The speed of your CPU will affect this too because journaling has some > overhead. I use reiserfs and have had no problems with it but depending > on what you are doing you may need something else. Here are some links > for you to read. This may help. > > http://linuxgazette.net/102/piszcz.html > > http://linuxreviews.org/sysadmin/filesystems/ > > Happy reading. > > Dale > :-) -- Darth Vader: Luke, help me take this mask off. Luke Skywalker: But you'll die. Darth Vader: Nothing can stop that now. Just for once, let me look upon you with my own eyes. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
