From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265877AbUBKQOA (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Feb 2004 11:14:00 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265896AbUBKQOA (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Feb 2004 11:14:00 -0500 Received: from ookhoi.xs4all.nl ([213.84.114.66]:8836 "EHLO favonius.humilis.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265877AbUBKQN7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Feb 2004 11:13:59 -0500 Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 17:13:58 +0100 From: Sander To: Larry McVoy Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, reiserfs-list@namesys.com Subject: Re: reiserfs for bkbits.net? Message-ID: <20040211161358.GA11564@favonius> Reply-To: sander@humilis.net References: <200402111523.i1BFNnOq020225@work.bitmover.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200402111523.i1BFNnOq020225@work.bitmover.com> X-Uptime: 18:48:56 up 21:01, 12 users, load average: 0.99, 0.97, 0.96 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Larry McVoy wrote (ao): > We're moving openlogging back to our offices and I'm experimenting > with filesystems to see what gives the best performance for BK usage. > Reiserfs looks pretty good and I'm wondering if anyone knows any > reasons that we shouldn't use it for bkbits.net. Also, would it help > if the journal was on a different disk? Most of the bkbits traffic is > read so I doubt it. > > Please cc me, I'm not on the list. I've cc'ed the Reiserfs mailinglist. IME Reiserfs is a fast and stable fs. If you have the time to benchmark ext3, reiserfs, jfs and xfs (and ..) with bk then you would know first hand which fs is best for you. It might be worth the time. With kind regards, Sander -- Humilis IT Services and Solutions http://www.humilis.net