Am 2007-04-02 08:47:13, schrieb Roberto C. Sánchez:
> On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 04:35:03PM +0530, Siju George wrote:
> >
> > But it seems ext3 has to be unmounted to increase and decrease in size
> > right?
> > That would mean downtime for server.
> >
> There is currently an experimental online re
Am 2007-04-03 23:12:34, schrieb Douglas Allan Tutty:
> New project:
>
> Install Etch onto a ST138.
Hmmm, the normal base has 186 MByte
If you are fast enough, you can delete the /usr/doc/ of
the already installed package while the installer tries to unpack
the next one. In this case, "Etch"
On Tue, 2007-04-03 at 22:02 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 04/03/07 20:17, Mike McCarty wrote:
> > Daniel B. wrote:
> >> Mike McCarty wrote:
> >>
> >>> ... If power fails during a write, and the drive
> >>> scribbles on the disc in a spiral pattern as the head moves
> >>> toward the parking area, t
On Tue, Apr 03, 2007 at 10:02:49PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> The ST138
>
> Christ on a stick, man, that's *ANCIENT*!
>
> Seagate has had a lot of improvements since they released the
> *half-height* 32*MB* (that's correct: megabyte, not gigabyte) drive.
>
> Heck, at work I had a 40MB
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On 04/03/07 20:17, Mike McCarty wrote:
> Daniel B. wrote:
>> Mike McCarty wrote:
>>
>>> ... If power fails during a write, and the drive
>>> scribbles on the disc in a spiral pattern as the head moves
>>> toward the parking area, that particular disc i
Daniel B. wrote:
Mike McCarty wrote:
... If power fails during a write, and the drive
scribbles on the disc in a spiral pattern as the head moves
toward the parking area, that particular disc is hosed.
But the disks almost surely don't scribble on the disk in a spiral
pattern. (They'd detec
On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 04:35:03PM +0530, Siju George wrote:
>
> But it seems ext3 has to be unmounted to increase and decrease in size
> right?
> That would mean downtime for server.
>
There is currently an experimental online resizing patch for ext3. I am
not sure if it is already in the kern
On 4/2/07, Siju George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 2/20/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> So this is where my suggestion for a filesystem comes into play. I
> used XFS in the beginning of my experiments with LVM but am migrating
> to ext3 now, since XFS can only be grown but
On 2/20/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
So this is where my suggestion for a filesystem comes into play. I
used XFS in the beginning of my experiments with LVM but am migrating
to ext3 now, since XFS can only be grown but not shrunk. But growing
*and* shrinking are both natively
Mike McCarty wrote:
... If power fails during a write, and the drive
scribbles on the disc in a spiral pattern as the head moves
toward the parking area, that particular disc is hosed.
But the disks almost surely don't scribble on the disk in a spiral
pattern. (They'd detect that power is fail
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On 03/27/07 13:56, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Mar 2007, Mike McCarty wrote:
>>> This is a device issue, no filesystem may fix it. Not that I expect even
>>> the crap we buy today for desktops and servers to be THIS dumb.
>> Yes, a
On Mon, 26 Mar 2007, Mike McCarty wrote:
> >This is a device issue, no filesystem may fix it. Not that I expect even
> >the crap we buy today for desktops and servers to be THIS dumb.
>
> Yes, a file system can fix that. But it has to be a file system
> which understands redundant hardware.
I th
Am 2007-03-15 04:46:53, schrieb Paul Johnson:
> No kidding. Microsoft hires how many H1Bs while Washington's unemployment
> rate is how astronomical again?
Same in France since Orange/FranceTelecom is going
to Bejing and created there a Development FooBar.
In France 6.8 million unemployed and ma
Am 2007-03-13 09:02:10, schrieb Douglas Allan Tutty:
> running ASAP with data intact after a crash or power failure. When I
> made the switch, I didn't have a UPS and I did have unreliable power (I
> eventually put the whole house on a big UPS). JFS has been perfect.
ROTFL!
This why I have inst
Hello Eduard and *,
Am 2007-03-13 12:58:31, schrieb Eduard Bloch:
> > I would certainly trust XFS. Of course, if you don't have your machine
> > on an UPS, it can cause problems on a crash or power outage. How are
>
> Great, that is the usual propaganda from XFS users with the same lame
> excus
Ron Johnson wrote:
On 03/26/07 21:04, Mike McCarty wrote:
[snip]
This is untrue. If power fails during a write, and the drive
scribbles on the disc in a spiral pattern as the head moves
toward the parking area, that particular disc is hosed.
Does that happen anymore? Drive manufacturers eng
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
On Mon, 26 Mar 2007, Mike McCarty wrote:
This is untrue. If power fails during a write, and the drive
scribbles on the disc in a spiral pattern as the head moves
toward the parking area, that particular disc is hosed.
This is a device issue, no filesystem m
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On 03/26/07 21:04, Mike McCarty wrote:
[snip]
> This is untrue. If power fails during a write, and the drive
> scribbles on the disc in a spiral pattern as the head moves
> toward the parking area, that particular disc is hosed.
Does that happen anymo
On Mon, 26 Mar 2007, Mike McCarty wrote:
> This is untrue. If power fails during a write, and the drive
> scribbles on the disc in a spiral pattern as the head moves
> toward the parking area, that particular disc is hosed.
This is a device issue, no filesystem may fix it. Not that I expect even
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 11:59:18AM -0600, Mike McCarty wrote:
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
[snip]
FYI, *any* filesystem has the potential to lose data on a sudden power
outage.
Umm, no. I suppose you haven't worked in telecomm. I've supported
file systems which neve
> >> > On 15.03.07 04:36, Paul Johnson wrote:
> >> >> If telnet-ssl is just telnet wrapped in SSL, then it sure can forward
> >> >> X11
> >> >> connections (as can telnet). It just doesn't make you explicitly pass
> >> >> a -Y or -X to make it so like SSH tends to.
> >
> >> Matus UHLAR - fantomas
Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
posted to gmane.linux.debian.user:
>> > On 15.03.07 04:36, Paul Johnson wrote:
>> >> If telnet-ssl is just telnet wrapped in SSL, then it sure can forward
>> >> X11
>> >> connections (as can telnet). It just doesn't make you explicitly p
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote in Article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to
gmane.linux.debian.user:
> Tell me about it. I mean heck, with 4.6% unemployment [0] (being at
> 0.1% below the national average), I can see how Washington's
> unemployment rates can be considered "astronomical" in every way.
I me
> > On 15.03.07 04:36, Paul Johnson wrote:
> >> If telnet-ssl is just telnet wrapped in SSL, then it sure can forward X11
> >> connections (as can telnet). It just doesn't make you explicitly pass a
> >> -Y or -X to make it so like SSH tends to.
> Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote in Article <[EMAIL P
Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
posted to gmane.linux.debian.user:
>> Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote in Article
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to gmane.linux.debian.user:
>> > ssl'ed telnet can't forward tcp/x11 connections, which is an advantage
>> > for some networks) bu
> Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> posted to gmane.linux.debian.user:
> > ssl'ed telnet can't forward tcp/x11 connections, which is an advantage for
> > some networks) but it does not have native check gfor host keys. I hope
> > this answers both questions.
On 15.03.07
On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 09:14:22 +0100
Matus UHLAR - fantomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:43:03 -0400
> > Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > and RIP TelnetD (IOW the telnet Daemon) right out of the machine.
> > > OpenSSH (as done by OpenBSD devs) is what should be
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On 03/15/07 08:06, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 04:46:53AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
[snip]
>> No kidding. Microsoft hires how many H1Bs while Washington's unemployment
>> rate is how astronomical again?
>>
> Tell me about it.
On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 04:46:53AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
> Roberto C. Sanchez wrote in Article
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to
> gmane.linux.debian.user:
>
> > I know about it. But (and you might want to sit down for this) I was
> > once at a place where I suggested PuTTY and they said no, c
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote in Article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to
gmane.linux.debian.user:
> On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 06:54:22PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
>> Roberto C. Sanchez wrote in Article
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to
>> gmane.linux.debian.user:
>>
>> > I wish it could really be that way
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote in Article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to
gmane.linux.debian.user:
> But for crying out loud, even your
> below average Joe knows enough to lock his car when he walks away from
> it.
So that's why when you look in any Ford owner's manual (that's the only make
I've noticed
Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
posted to gmane.linux.debian.user:
>> On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:43:03 -0400
>> Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > and RIP TelnetD (IOW the telnet Daemon) right out of the machine.
>> > OpenSSH (as done by OpenBSD devs) is what shou
> On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:43:03 -0400
> Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > and RIP TelnetD (IOW the telnet Daemon) right out of the machine.
> > OpenSSH (as done by OpenBSD devs) is what should be defacto standard.
On 13.03.07 19:37, Celejar wrote:
> I'm curious about telnet(d)-ssl. I don'
On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:43:03 -0400
Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[snip]
> and RIP TelnetD (IOW the telnet Daemon) right out of the machine.
> OpenSSH (as done by OpenBSD devs) is what should be defacto standard.
I'm curious about telnet(d)-ssl. I don't know any reason to use it over
ss
On Wed, 2007-03-14 at 07:39 -0500, Tarek Soliman wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 08:33:19AM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 07:11:06AM -0500, Tarek Soliman wrote:
> > >
> > > Is there any compatibility issues as far as versions of X, the server
> > > being non-linux (
On Wed, 2007-03-14 at 07:11 -0500, Tarek Soliman wrote:
> > > If you want to install Oracle on Linux (and *lots* of companies do,
> > > so don't bleat about not infecting your system with closed-source),
> > > you need X.
> >
> > No, you only need a few libraries. The Display can be a local
> > wo
> > > I wish it could really be that way everywhere. I have been places where
> > > they run telnetd on all the Solaris and Linux servers because (get this)
> > > windows only comes with a telnet client and not an ssh client.
> >
> > They do know about putty, right? It's only a few kB...
> >
>
On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 08:33:19AM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 07:11:06AM -0500, Tarek Soliman wrote:
> >
> > Is there any compatibility issues as far as versions of X, the server
> > being non-linux (or even not the same distro as the workstation), etc?
> >
> Nope.
On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 07:17:40AM -0500, Tarek Soliman wrote:
>
> The place I talk about has legacy stuff (long forgotten cron jobs on
> random servers) that used to telnet and FTP stuff around)
>
Eeek!
> I was trying to tell the admins to switch and they said that they were
> told not to, beca
On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 06:54:22PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
> Roberto C. Sanchez wrote in Article
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to
> gmane.linux.debian.user:
>
> > I wish it could really be that way everywhere. I have been places where
> > they run telnetd on all the Solaris and Linux servers be
On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 07:11:06AM -0500, Tarek Soliman wrote:
>
> Is there any compatibility issues as far as versions of X, the server
> being non-linux (or even not the same distro as the workstation), etc?
>
Nope. X is a protocol, much the same as FTP or HTTP. If your client
(or server in t
> > WTF, I see Windows mentality has become the norm.
> >
> > and RIP TelnetD (IOW the telnet Daemon) right out of the machine.
> > OpenSSH (as done by OpenBSD devs) is what should be defacto standard.
> >
> I wish it could really be that way everywhere. I have been places where
> they run telne
> > If you want to install Oracle on Linux (and *lots* of companies do,
> > so don't bleat about not infecting your system with closed-source),
> > you need X.
>
> No, you only need a few libraries. The Display can be a local
> workstation.
>
> I know this, I've done it, as far back as 1998 when
On 2/15/07, Siju George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
Could some one recommend which File System is best for partitions above 600GB?
I am considering XFS. The System is Debian Sarge for amd64.
Hope there are no issues with this setup. please let me know if i
should be careful in any area.
Also
On Tue, 2007-03-13 at 23:48 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 03/13/07 20:52, Paul Johnson wrote:
> > Tarek Soliman wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted
> > to gmane.linux.debian.user:
> >
> >>> Now as far as video, who cares about that... servers don't need GUI
> >>> stuff.
> >>>
> >> Tell th
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> Tarek Soliman wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted
> to gmane.linux.debian.user:
>
>>> Now as far as video, who cares about that... servers don't need GUI
>>> stuff.
>>>
>> Tell that to our admins who ru
Greg Folkert wrote in Article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to
gmane.linux.debian.user:
> On Tue, 2007-03-13 at 10:33 -0500, Tarek Soliman wrote:
>> > Now as far as video, who cares about that... servers don't need GUI
>> > stuff.
>> >
>>
>> Tell that to our admins who run redhat and suse. Want to
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote in Article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to
gmane.linux.debian.user:
> On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 02:07:23PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
>>
>> OpenVMS used to be more popular with geeks than Unix was. But
>> businesses and Universities decided that it was worth it to trade 2
>>
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote in Article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to
gmane.linux.debian.user:
> On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 03:43:03PM -0400, Greg Folkert wrote:
>>
>> WTF, I see Windows mentality has become the norm.
>>
>> and RIP TelnetD (IOW the telnet Daemon) right out of the machine.
>> OpenSSH (a
Tarek Soliman wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted
to gmane.linux.debian.user:
>> Now as far as video, who cares about that... servers don't need GUI
>> stuff.
>>
>
> Tell that to our admins who run redhat and suse. Want to disable these
> guys? Remove some X libraries. (The one guy who u
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> On 03/13/07 12:53, Mike McCarty wrote:
>> Ron Johnson wrote:
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>> All of those should work, with (depending on the card/chip) the
>>> possible
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On 03/13/07 18:38, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 11:59:18AM -0600, Mike McCarty wrote:
>> Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
>>
>> [snip]
>>
[snip]
>> A good FS should not suffer corruption regardless of what the
>> hardware does, if we're
On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 07:40:03PM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> Hmmm. Then they went from 10 fast-but-flaky Suns to 100
> slow-and-disease-ridden generic PCs with Windows. I'd hate to think
> what is coming next :-)
>
Vista.
Word Processing online via Google.
Disposable printers in a ho
On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 03:43:03PM -0400, Greg Folkert wrote:
>
> WTF, I see Windows mentality has become the norm.
>
> and RIP TelnetD (IOW the telnet Daemon) right out of the machine.
> OpenSSH (as done by OpenBSD devs) is what should be defacto standard.
>
I wish it could really be that way e
On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 02:07:23PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
>
> OpenVMS used to be more popular with geeks than Unix was. But
> businesses and Universities decided that it was worth it to trade 2
> slow-but-reliable VAXen for 10 fast-but-flaky Suns.
>
Hmmm. Then they went from 10 fast-but-flak
On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 11:59:18AM -0600, Mike McCarty wrote:
> Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> >FYI, *any* filesystem has the potential to lose data on a sudden power
> >outage.
>
> Umm, no. I suppose you haven't worked in telecomm. I've supported
> file systems which never, ever, lost
On Tue, 2007-03-13 at 10:33 -0500, Tarek Soliman wrote:
> > Now as far as video, who cares about that... servers don't need GUI
> > stuff.
> >
>
> Tell that to our admins who run redhat and suse. Want to disable these
> guys? Remove some X libraries. (The one guy who uses CLI uses telnet)
>
> Ye
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On 03/13/07 12:59, Mike McCarty wrote:
> Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>> FYI, *any* filesystem has the potential to lose data on a sudden power
>> outage.
>
> Umm, no. I suppose you haven't worked in telecomm. I've supported
> file systems
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On 03/13/07 12:53, Mike McCarty wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>> All of those should work, with (depending on the card/chip) the
>> possible exception of sound.
>>
>> If you can't make Debian work, install Ubuntu. That's what it's for.
>>
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
[snip]
FYI, *any* filesystem has the potential to lose data on a sudden power
outage.
Umm, no. I suppose you haven't worked in telecomm. I've supported
file systems which never, ever, lost anything. If the system call
came back, and said it was on disc, then it was.
Ron Johnson wrote:
[snip]
All of those should work, with (depending on the card/chip) the
possible exception of sound.
If you can't make Debian work, install Ubuntu. That's what it's for.
And don't feel yourself a failure. I couldn't get RH5.2 installed,
and, when it was time to buy a new c
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On 03/13/07 10:33, Tarek Soliman wrote:
>> Now as far as video, who cares about that... servers don't need GUI
>> stuff.
>>
>
> Tell that to our admins who run redhat and suse. Want to disable these
> guys? Remove some X libraries. (The one guy who us
On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 10:33:38AM -0500, Tarek Soliman wrote:
> > Now as far as video, who cares about that... servers don't need GUI
> > stuff.
> >
>
> Tell that to our admins who run redhat and suse. Want to disable these
> guys? Remove some X libraries. (The one guy who uses CLI uses telnet)
> Now as far as video, who cares about that... servers don't need GUI
> stuff.
>
Tell that to our admins who run redhat and suse. Want to disable these
guys? Remove some X libraries. (The one guy who uses CLI uses telnet)
Yes they really have X on ALL of the servers.
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On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 09:34:45AM -0500, Tarek Soliman wrote:
> > Well, as an anecdote of my own, I have used both XFS and ext3 quite
> > extensively and found that they are equally as good, given *quality*
> > hardware.
> >
>
> I assume quality hardware is mutually exclusive with a home PC
> Is
On Tue, 2007-03-13 at 09:34 -0500, Tarek Soliman wrote:
> > Well, as an anecdote of my own, I have used both XFS and ext3 quite
> > extensively and found that they are equally as good, given *quality*
> > hardware.
> >
>
> I assume quality hardware is mutually exclusive with a home PC
> Is that c
> Well, as an anecdote of my own, I have used both XFS and ext3 quite
> extensively and found that they are equally as good, given *quality*
> hardware.
>
I assume quality hardware is mutually exclusive with a home PC
Is that correct?
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On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 12:58:31PM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote:
>
> Great, that is the usual propaganda from XFS users with the same lame
> excuse written with small letters.
How is it propaganda? It was a statement of fact.
> It has this bad tendency to shred the
> file contents after powerouts
On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 12:58:31PM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote:
> #include
> * Roberto C. Sanchez [Mon, Mar 12 2007, 07:06:43PM]:
> > On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 11:34:48PM +0100, Mathias Brodala wrote:
> >
> > > I see. I was asking since I have a whole drive full of videos and such
> > > which are
>
Eduard Bloch wrote:
#include
* Roberto C. Sanchez [Mon, Mar 12 2007, 07:06:43PM]:
On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 11:34:48PM +0100, Mathias Brodala wrote:
Hi Roberto.
I see. I was asking since I have a whole drive full of videos and such which are
usually between 100MB and 300MB per file. So
> > >
> > I would certainly trust XFS. Of course, if you don't have your machine
> > on an UPS, it can cause problems on a crash or power outage.
>
> Great, that is the usual propaganda from XFS users with the same lame
> excuse written with small letters. It has this bad tendency to shred the
#include
* Roberto C. Sanchez [Mon, Mar 12 2007, 07:06:43PM]:
> On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 11:34:48PM +0100, Mathias Brodala wrote:
> > Hi Roberto.
> >
> >
> > I see. I was asking since I have a whole drive full of videos and such
> > which are
> > usually between 100MB and 300MB per file. So I gu
Mike McCarty wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to
gmane.linux.debian.user:
> Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
>>
>> I personally am a fan of XFS. However, it is also possible to use ext3
>> on large partitions, as you point out. At work, I have a production
>> server (running RHEL, unfortuna
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On 03/13/07 01:56, Mike McCarty wrote:
> Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
>> On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 03:01:00PM -0600, Mike McCarty wrote:
>>
>>> Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
Ever worked with RHEL or Fedora (or Red Hat before that)? They have
>>>
>>>
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 03:01:00PM -0600, Mike McCarty wrote:
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
Ever worked with RHEL or Fedora (or Red Hat before that)? They have
I don't run Debian.
$ uname -a
Linux Presario-1 2.6.10-1.771_FC2 #1 Mon Mar 28 00:50:14 EST 2005 i686
i686
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On 03/12/07 18:12, Mathias Brodala wrote:
> Hello Roberto.
>
> Roberto C. Sanchez, 13.03.2007 00:06:
[snip]
>> I read on Slashdot a while back that Seagate announced 37.5 TB
>> drives will be available in a few years.
>
> Ouch. I?m thinking about get
Hello Roberto.
Roberto C. Sanchez, 13.03.2007 00:06:
> On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 11:34:48PM +0100, Mathias Brodala wrote:
> I would certainly trust XFS. Of course, if you don't have your machine
> on an UPS, it can cause problems on a crash or power outage. How are
> your video files being used?
On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 05:49:55PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 03/12/07 17:15, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> [snip]
> >
> > At work we deal with files of size 1 GB to 100 GB on a regular
> > basis. I would classify those as large. XFS supports files up
> > to a size of 8 exabytes and filesystem
On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 11:34:48PM +0100, Mathias Brodala wrote:
> Hi Roberto.
>
>
> I see. I was asking since I have a whole drive full of videos and such which
> are
> usually between 100MB and 300MB per file. So I guess XFS would not really be
> the
> best choice for them. I got ext3 everywh
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On 03/12/07 17:15, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
[snip]
>
> At work we deal with files of size 1 GB to 100 GB on a regular
> basis. I would classify those as large. XFS supports files up
> to a size of 8 exabytes and filesystems also of size 8 exabytes.
Hi Roberto.
Roberto C. Sanchez, 12.03.2007 23:15:
> On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 10:42:45PM +0100, Mathias Brodala wrote:
>> Roberto C. Sanchez, 12.03.2007 21:07:
>>> There is a ton of information about JFS and XFS on the net. All you
>>> need to do is check the Wikipedia filesystem comparison page or
On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 10:42:45PM +0100, Mathias Brodala wrote:
> Hi Roberto.
>
> Roberto C. Sanchez, 12.03.2007 21:07:
> > There is a ton of information about JFS and XFS on the net. All you
> > need to do is check the Wikipedia filesystem comparison page or Google
> > search for filesystem com
Hi Roberto.
Roberto C. Sanchez, 12.03.2007 21:07:
> There is a ton of information about JFS and XFS on the net. All you
> need to do is check the Wikipedia filesystem comparison page or Google
> search for filesystem comparisons. The short of it is:
>
> ext3 - good general purpose FS (not the b
On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 03:01:00PM -0600, Mike McCarty wrote:
> Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> >On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 11:43:16AM -0600, Mike McCarty wrote:
> >
> >>Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> >>
> >>>I personally am a fan of XFS. However, it is also possible to use ext3
> >>>on large partitions, as
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 11:43:16AM -0600, Mike McCarty wrote:
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
I personally am a fan of XFS. However, it is also possible to use ext3
on large partitions, as you point out. At work, I have a production
server (running RHEL, unfortunately) w
On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 11:43:16AM -0600, Mike McCarty wrote:
> Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> >
> >I personally am a fan of XFS. However, it is also possible to use ext3
> >on large partitions, as you point out. At work, I have a production
> >server (running RHEL, unfortunately) which is serving u
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
At work, I have a production
> server (running RHEL, unfortunately)...
Mike McCarty wrote:
> Why unfortunately?
Perhaps because he feels unfortunate in having to maintain multiple
distributions.
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On 03/12/07 12:43, Mike McCarty wrote:
> Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
>>
>> I personally am a fan of XFS. However, it is also possible to use ext3
>> on large partitions, as you point out. At work, I have a production
>> server (running RHEL, unfortunat
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
I personally am a fan of XFS. However, it is also possible to use ext3
on large partitions, as you point out. At work, I have a production
server (running RHEL, unfortunately) which is serving up a 6 TB
Why unfortunately? Do Linux fans have to hate other distros as
On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 21:58:29 -0400
Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[snip]
> possible but there could be some data corruption. ext3 journals data as
> well as metadata but takes forever to regenerate after a crash and there
> can still be errors.
>From man mount(8):
> Mount opt
Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 12:21:38AM +0530, Siju George wrote:
Hi,
Could some one recommend which File System is best for partitions above
600GB?
I am considering XFS. The System is Debian Sarge for amd64.
Hope there are no issues with this setup. please let me kno
On Sun, Mar 11, 2007 at 09:58:29PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 12:21:38AM +0530, Siju George wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Could some one recommend which File System is best for partitions above
> > 600GB?
> > I am considering XFS. The System is Debian Sarge for amd64.
>
On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 12:21:38AM +0530, Siju George wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Could some one recommend which File System is best for partitions above
> 600GB?
> I am considering XFS. The System is Debian Sarge for amd64.
> Hope there are no issues with this setup. please let me know if i
> should be car
Michelle Konzack wrote:
> I can not recommend ReiserFS
I second that advisory. I've found problems with data corruption on my
system using reiser.
> and with XFS I have no experience.
> I am looking forward to the new "ext4" which could give a
> performance plus for databases
I tried XFS, b
Am 2007-02-16 00:21:38, schrieb Siju George:
> Hi,
>
> Could some one recommend which File System is best for partitions above
> 600GB?
> I am considering XFS. The System is Debian Sarge for amd64.
> Hope there are no issues with this setup. please let me know if i
> should be careful in any area
On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 07:27:22PM -0600, Mike McCarty wrote:
> [...]
> >maybe you should read about LVM [1]. It is not about file systems, but
> >it can help you :)
>
> I'd rather deal with a case of the Clap.
>
> LVM is worse than useless for most installations. It makes
> the entire file syste
> 2007/2/15, Siju George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >Could some one recommend which File System is best for partitions above
> >600GB?
> >I am considering XFS. The System is Debian Sarge for amd64.
> >Hope there are no issues with this setup. please let me know if i
> >should be careful in any area.
>
On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 07:27:22PM -0600, Mike McCarty wrote:
> Sergio Cuéllar Valdés wrote:
> >maybe you should read about LVM [1]. It is not about file systems, but
> >it can help you :)
>
> I'd rather deal with a case of the Clap.
>
> LVM is worse than useless for most installations. It makes
On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Siju George wrote:
> Could some one recommend which File System is best for partitions above
> 600GB?
Depends on the use profile.
> Hope there are no issues with this setup. please let me know if i
> should be careful in any area.
XFS does not take well to non-clean unmount
On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 07:27:22PM -0600, Mike McCarty wrote:
>
> I'd rather deal with a case of the Clap.
>
> LVM is worse than useless for most installations. It makes
Because it is not designed for reliability, but for flexibility. This
is wy it is best to have it ride over a reliability, li
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