[CentOS] ACLs iin Centos 4

Mon May 9 13:09:42 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-)
>>
> I've heard that it can take a very long time to get an EXT3 system 
> back online after a file system crash; whereas, XFS provides rapid 
> recovery from system crashes.  Since we mirror the two file servers 
> (each have an attachment with 2 TB of data), I'm more interested in 
> being able to get back online quickly.  Have you had any file system 
> crashes and if so, how long did it take you to get back up?



No, I've never had a crashed/corrupted EXT3 file system...ever.  (knock 
on wood)

Cheers,

C