I have read the caveats posted on the SGI OSS web site regarding XFS but I
still want to get some opinions from the members on the list (especially
the developers) regarding the readiness of XFS for some serious work. I have
started working for a web hosting firm. This company uses a large number
of Linux servers to host thousands of web sites for thousands of customers.
I was thinking that XFS could be really helpful for us given the large number
of users and files. Currently all the systems use ext2 file systems. My
questions
is simple; how long before the XFS developers feel it might be safe to put XFS
to
in an environment like this? Certainly the journaling features of XFS is the
most
important thing we need but there is also the performace issue to consider
(I believe XFS is slightly faster than ext2) and the maturity of the code. If
XFS
is not currently recommended for a web hosting service (as the SGI OSS web
pages seem to suggest) then when (at the release 1.0 or later ?) is it likely
to be
given the green light for this?
Thanks....
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Juan Casero
casero@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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