[CentOS] ext4 or XFS

Digimer

linux at alteeve.com
Tue Jan 11 18:49:16 UTC 2011


On 01/11/2011 01:47 PM, aurfalien at gmail.com wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've a 30TB hardware based RAID array.
> 
> Wondering what you all thought of using ext4 over XFS.
> 
> I've been a big XFS fan for years as I'm an Irix transplant but would  
> like your opinions.
> 
> This 30TB drive will be an NFS exported asset for my users housing  
> home dirs and other frequently accessed files.
> 
> - aurf

You will need XFS for a single partition that large. You won't be able
to make such a large ext4 partition, I don't think.

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