Re: 2TB USB hard drive for backing up: XFS info

2012-05-06 Thread Chris Knadle
On Sunday, May 06, 2012 05:19:20, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Vi, 04 mai 12, 15:08:57, Chris Knadle wrote: ... > > Speed is generally what XFS is good at, *except* when it comes to > > deletion of a large number of files -- that's where it's slow. > > On advise of a list subscriber I have added the

Re: 2TB USB hard drive for backing up: XFS info

2012-05-06 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 04 mai 12, 15:08:57, Chris Knadle wrote: > > Note this means running 'xfs_check' is done when the filesystem is not > mounted. _Supposedly_ it can also be run if the filesystem is mounted read- > only, but in practice I find it's best (and easier) to run the XFS commands > from a LiveCD.

Re: 2TB USB hard drive for backing up: XFS info

2012-05-05 Thread Chris Knadle
On Friday, May 04, 2012 17:31:23, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 04 May 2012 15:08:57 -0400, Chris Knadle wrote: > > On Monday, April 30, 2012 10:53:46, Camaleón wrote: > >> On Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:16:58 +0200, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > >> > Am Dienstag, 24. April 2012 schrieb Camaleón: ... > > The ste

Re: 2TB USB hard drive for backing up: XFS info

2012-05-04 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 04 May 2012 15:08:57 -0400, Chris Knadle wrote: > On Monday, April 30, 2012 10:53:46, Camaleón wrote: >> On Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:16:58 +0200, Martin Steigerwald wrote: >> > Am Dienstag, 24. April 2012 schrieb Camaleón: > ... >> > XFS might also have long file check times. >> >> I still hav

Re: 2TB USB hard drive for backing up: XFS info

2012-05-04 Thread Chris Knadle
On Monday, April 30, 2012 10:53:46, Camaleón wrote: > On Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:16:58 +0200, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > > Am Dienstag, 24. April 2012 schrieb Camaleón: ... > > XFS might also have long file check times. > > I still have not tried this so I can't really tell but what I've heard on > X