Hi everyone! What's the best filesystem to use for the mail spool? I'm debating between Debian with xfs or FreeBSD with zfs. I'm not sure which way to go. I'm migrating from cyrus. I have about 50 users so it's not a large setup. Cheers! Monika -- Monika Janek Systems Administrator, Side Effects Software Toronto, Ontario Canada 416-504-9876 x207 www.sidefx.com
Quoting Monika Janek <mjanek at sidefx.com>:> Hi everyone! What's the best filesystem to use for the mail spool? I'mYikes! Opening that can of worms again...> debating between Debian with xfs or FreeBSD with zfs. I'm not sure which > way to go. I'm migrating from cyrus. I have about 50 users so it's not a > large setup.I would say both XFS and ZFS are fine. Pick the OS you want (Debian or FreeBSD) and then use the filesystem that comes with that OS. At the size you state, and the filesystems you list, the OS choice will be much more important than the filesystem is. If you really want to pick a file system rather than an OS, then it would depend on admininstrative/management features of the OS, not the purpose (mail spool). You would pick which ever is best for your needs as far as managing it goes.> Cheers! > Monika-- Eric Rostetter The Department of Physics The University of Texas at Austin Go Longhorns!
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 6:49 AM, Monika Janek <mjanek at sidefx.com> wrote:> Hi everyone! What's the best filesystem to use for the mail spool? I'm > debating between Debian with xfs or FreeBSD with zfs. I'm not sure which > way to go. I'm migrating from cyrus. I have about 50 users so it's not a > large setup. > > Cheers! > Monika > > -xfs is not very nice to you if you lose power, it's not as bad as it used to be, but it still gives you 0 byte files, so make sure you have a good UPS to issue a safe shutdown of the server, if you do, xfs is better, using CentOS.