Re: reiserfs for bkbits.net?

Sander
2004-02-11T16:14:00Z

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

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