Hi,
I know this is a little of topic, but I want people ideas and opinions.
I currently have a samba server with approx 1300 users. During the summer I am
going to upgrade this server as its been up for about 5 years. At the moment it
has an ext2 file system for the drives containing peoples work, etc. I was
wondering if people can suggest a better file system to use than ext2 as I
believe this is getting dated (but stable).
Cheers
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Kristyan Osborne IT Assistant Manager
Longhill High School
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Computers are like airconditioners: They stop working properly if you open
windows.
Win95: A 32-bit patch for a 16-bit GUI shell running on top of an
8-bit operating system written for a 4-bit processor by a
2-bit company who cannot stand 1 bit of competition.
On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Kristyan Osborne wrote:> I know this is a little of topic, but I want people ideas and opinions. > > I currently have a samba server with approx 1300 users. During the summer I am going to upgrade this server as its been up for about 5 years. At the moment it has an ext2 file system for the drives containing peoples work, etc. I was wondering if people can suggest a better file system to use than ext2 as I believe this is getting dated (but stable).It is probably wiser to switch over to a journalled filesystem. These are now a standard part in most distros and of production quality. Which one to choose is another matter. If you need, would like ACL to have a more fine grained control then the only options are XFS and ext3 with the ACL patch. If you don't need ACL's then you can choose between them all (ext3, reiserfs, xfs and jfs). The best way to choose is to setup a test system and run tests, with a tool like netbench or switching over a couple of users/shares, to test each filessystem and choose the one that works best for you. Regards, Tim -- ==========================================================================Tim Verhoeven Linux & Open Source Specialist GSM : 0496 / 693 453 + e-business solutions Email : dj@4ict.com + consulting URL : www.sin.khk.be/~dj/ + Server consolidation ===========================================================================
Are you sure you want to do this? If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Upgrading for the sake of upgrading is usually not worth it. If you are a member of this list, or other linux type lists, you will see numerous problems after "upgrading" this or that piece of software. Often, things just stop working! Better to spend the effort solving real problems or providing new and better services (IMHO). Joel On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 08:36:19AM +0100, Kristyan Osborne wrote:> Hi, > > I know this is a little of topic, but I want people ideas and opinions. > > I currently have a samba server with approx 1300 users. During the summer I am going to upgrade this server as its been up for about 5 years. At the moment it has an ext2 file system for the drives containing peoples work, etc. I was wondering if people can suggest a better file system to use than ext2 as I believe this is getting dated (but stable). > > Cheers > > ------------- > Kristyan Osborne IT Assistant Manager > Longhill High School > > ------ > Computers are like airconditioners: They stop working properly if you open windows. > Win95: A 32-bit patch for a 16-bit GUI shell running on top of an > 8-bit operating system written for a 4-bit processor by a > 2-bit company who cannot stand 1 bit of competition. > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba