On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Roland RoLaNd <r_o_l_a_n_d at hotmail.com> wrote: > Dear all, > > i'm setting up a new machine to handle a webserver with mysql > > web directory contains alot of small files and database is around 15 GB > > i've did a bit research, read alot of articles.. > mainly i came up with the understanding that: > > EXT3 is the set it and forget it kind of filesystem. > and reiserFS is the best choice for small files though there's a bigger risk > of data loss upon power failure (better solved in ext3) > > any advice on this matter? or any other filesystem you advise me to use on a > production system? > > thanks > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > We use EXT3 on all our own, and client's web servers. It's stable and works well even with power failures. I'd rather sacrifice a bit of performance (does ReiserFS really improve performance *that* much?) than lost data. -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers SoftDux Website: http://www.SoftDux.com Technical Blog: http://Blog.SoftDux.com Office: 087 805 9573 Cell: 082 554 7532