Re: Linux Software RAID 5 + XFS Multi-Benchmarks / 10 Raptors Again

[Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 18 Jan 2008, Greg Cormier wrote:

> > Also, don't use ext*, XFS can be up to 2-3x faster (in many of the
> > benchmarks).
>
> I'm going to swap file systems and give it a shot right now! :)
>
> How is stability of XFS? I heard recovery is easier with ext2/3 due to
> more people using it, more tools available, etc?
>
> Greg

Recovery is actually easier with XFS because the repair filesystem code is 
built-into the kernel (you dont need a utility to fix it)-- however, there 
is xfs_repair (if) the in-kernel-tree part could not fix it.

I have been using it for > 4-5 years? now.

Also, with CoRaids (ATA over Ethernet) many of them are above 8TB and ext3 
only works up to 8TB, so its not even an option any longer.

Justin.