Which JFS?

[Brian S]

I'll be getting a mean server soon. Dual Xeon 2.4GHz, 2GB RAM, and six 200GB IDE drives in a RAID 5. Arr! Arr! Arr!

Anyway, Im not too familiar with the different Journaling FSes. I figure with roughly a terabyte of storage, the FS may make a difference in performance. Should I worry about using anything other than ext3? Might XFS or Reiser provide some large benefit? I'm curious what experience you might have using these.

Thanks,

Brian

[ffeingol]

Well unless you're going to support the box 100% on your own, I'd ask your coloc/host if they have a preference. I have not seen many places that know how to deal with anything but EXT3.

It's off topic, but if you have that powerfull of a server, why not SCSI drives?

Frank

[Brian S]

Originally posted by ffeingol
It's off topic, but if you have that powerfull of a server, why not SCSI drives?
Because I need lots of storage for cheap. Last I checked, SCSI's largest drive is 140GB -- not large enough -- and its outrageously expensive for my needs. From the indications and word I've received, the IDE drives have performed very well in a RAID 5 configuration.

Brian