2015-04-14 10:28 GMT+03:00 Amos Shapira <[email protected]>: > If all you want is for this server to be there and not have to worry about > it then I'd recommend ext4. > > Put the data and the OS on separate disks if you can. > Always do that! In this case you have to anyhow since the RPi is incapable of booting from anything but the SD-card.
> > Many years ago (over ten years), I used ReiserFS for my desktop. It worked > great and didn't have the limitations of the other fs's of the time > (ext2/ext3). > Until one day I tried to shrink it to make room for another distro. BIG > mistake. The tools weren't mature and I lost all my data. > > *MY* take-away from this - stick to mainstream if you want things to "just > work", and without knowing more about your context I'd expect 99% that ext4 > will do just fine for the job. > > Good luck, > > --Amos > > On 14 April 2015 at 17:17, E.S. Rosenberg <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Of course you're going to reformat, after all the technicalities of >> the local fs will be hidden from the clients by nfs/smb/(web)dav. >> >> As far as which FS goes, ext4 is a safe bet, it seems the big server >> players are recently opting for XFS. >> >> And if you feel adventurous and want the power of ZFS that is also an >> option these days or if you want something similar btrfs is also >> pretty good these days (my phone uses it for it's main storage and I >> have no complaints). >> >> HTH, >> Eliyahu - אליהו >> >> 2015-04-14 6:44 GMT+03:00 Shlomo Solomon <[email protected]>: >> > I'm setting up a home NAS - Raspberry PI2, Raspbian, Samba, external >> > disk. It's meant to serve files to a mixed network - Linux, Windows and >> > Android devices. The new disk comes formatted as NTFS. My "gut" tells >> > me to re-format as EXT4 - any comments or suggestions? >> > >> > Additional info: The files will be a mix of music, video and office >> > files. I will also be backing up at least one of the Linux boxes on >> > this server, so there will also be a fair number of small files - >> > e-mail, config files, etc. In the past I used to prefer ReiserFS, but >> > over the years, I've gradually moved to EXT4 for new disks. >> > >> > -- >> > Shlomo Solomon >> > http://the-solomons.net >> > Sent by Claws Mail 3.11.1 - KDE 4.12.15 - LINUX Mageia 4 >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Linux-il mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-il mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il >> > > > > -- > <http://au.linkedin.com/in/gliderflyer> >
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