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From: John H Terpstra on 28 Jun 2010 11:20 On 06/28/2010 09:55 AM, Chris Smith wrote: > Hello, > > Is there a preferred file system (ext4, xfs, reiserfs, etc.) for > hosting Samba shares used by Windows clients? What do the devs use? > > Chris Chris, What is the intended use-case for the file system? - How large will the file system/s be? - How deep will directories be? - How many files per directory? - What will be the size distribution of files across the file system? - How many concurrent users will access the file system? - Is it essential to have case preservation? - What file system I/O performance is required/desired? The answer to your question is: Yes, the file system that will best meet your use-case requirements. cheers, John T. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
From: Chris Smith on 28 Jun 2010 12:50 On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 11:16 AM, John H Terpstra <jht(a)samba.org> wrote: > What is the intended use-case for the file system? General use, mostly MSOffice docs, accounting data, photos, etc. > - How large will the file system/s be? Less than a terabyte. > - How deep will directories be? 10 or less. > - How many files per directory? Less than 5000. > - What will be the size distribution of files across the file system? For the majority, typical business doc sizes, maybe some larger photos and possible videos. > - How many concurrent users will access the file system? Less than 100. > - Is it essential to have case preservation? Ideally should act like a Windows server. > - What file system I/O performance is required/desired? Hmmm...is "snappy" close enough :) I'm sure there are many that fit these small business needs and I have used reiserfs, xfs, ext3, and ext4 with no issues but was wondering if there was a preference among the "Sambanista" . Thanks, Chris -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
From: Moray Henderson (ICT) on 29 Jun 2010 05:00 Chris Smith wrote: >Is there a preferred file system (ext4, xfs, reiserfs, etc.) for >hosting Samba shares used by Windows clients? What do the devs use? I don't know about Samba preferences, but in the current Fedora/RedHat world, reiserfs does not appear to be a preferred filesystem: there's a thread on the Anaconda list at the moment discussing removing the reiserfs code from the installer. Moray. "To err is human. To purr, feline" -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
From: Stan Hoeppner on 29 Jun 2010 09:30
Moray Henderson (ICT) put forth on 6/29/2010 3:54 AM: > Chris Smith wrote: >> Is there a preferred file system (ext4, xfs, reiserfs, etc.) for >> hosting Samba shares used by Windows clients? What do the devs use? > > I don't know about Samba preferences, but in the current Fedora/RedHat world, reiserfs does not appear to be a preferred filesystem: there's a thread on the Anaconda list at the moment discussing removing the reiserfs code from the installer. Given the myriad of negative issues surrounding Hans Reiser, ReiserFS and successors, it's not surprising that vendors, devs, and end users have been fleeing in droves to other filesystems. I personally use XFS on Debian Stable but with far more current self rolled kernels using kernel.org source. XFS sees constant consistent development, its dev community being very active. Patches seem to be submitted almost daily. It includes a sizable set of management tools including an online filesystem defragger. I've been very pleased with it. There aren't a lot of filesystem benchmark results published for any of the Linux filesystems, but of those I've read, XFS proves to have the best mix of all around performance. I suggest you post your question to xfs(a)oss.sgi.com. You can post without being a subscriber, but if you do, make that clear so people reply to you as well as the list. -- Stan -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba |