[CentOS] ACLs iin Centos 4

Mon May 9 12:24:42 UTC 2005
Chris Mauritz <chrism at imntv.com>

Allison Maury wrote:

>>
> I've understood that XFS is a great filesystem and would like to use 
> it for our 2 file servers.  As I'm new to linux administration, I was 
> planning to purchase SUSE to have the XFS filesystem supported for 
> these two machines.  But, I really like the Centos distro and 
> community.  So, I'm wondering, how hard would it be for me to get this 
> working and to maintain it.  Is it complicated to recompile the Centos 
> 4 kernel to enable it?  And, what sort of upkeep is necessary as 
> updates become available?  I'd appreciate any general and specific 
> information on what's involved to get XFS enabled on Centos 4.
>


Unless you specifically need a feature of XFS that's unavailable in 
EXT3, you might want to stick with the "standard" journalled file system 
since you are "new to linux administration."  I have never played with 
XFS or Reiserfs so I can't comment on their merits, but I can comment 
that EXT3 has been bulletproof for me on many file server installs.  And 
being a lazy creature of habit, I've not felt the need to rock the 
boat.  8-)

Cheers,

C