-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 04/29/08 06:32, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote at 2008-04-29 11:34 +0200: >> On 04/29/08 01:24, Alex Samad wrote: >>>> On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 09:52:16PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >>>>> On 04/28/08 19:22, Alex Samad wrote: >>>>> some reason that xfs is not being talked about? >>>> We hate it because Dr. Evil uses it. >>> has this got something to do with elderberries ? >> A little, but not as much as you think... > > Hm, some of us, I am sure, have to look up what elderberries are in their > language, conclude that they might have something to do with a > shrubbery, but > still do not quite get what you're talking about... :-) > > Anyway, are you just joking or are there serious reasons against XFS? I > am not
Yes, it's just Austin Powers and Monty Python humor. > very knowledgeable with respect to file systems on GNU/Linux, coming from a > different background, and it's a few weeks ago that I made my decision so I > don't remember all the details of my reasoning, but I have decided to > try XFS > for an rsync backup disk, mostly because it seemed to be the best choice > for > larger files and to hold metadata from different operating/file systems > (extended attributes, ...). That's the received wisdom. Back in the day, SGI (the people who created xfs) were *the* last word in video processing, and so they needed a filesystem tuned for very large files. > I haven't implemented this in all detail and am currently testing it in > various situation, so could change if you elaborated a bit or gave me > pointers > to resources on how to choose a good file system for a backup server > holding > data from several file systems. > > From this thread, XFS can cause trouble when it is not cleanly unmounted? Yet more received wisdom. Better get a UPS!!!!!! - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA We want... a Shrubbery!! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIFwsLS9HxQb37XmcRArqKAKDbezIqJi9FZi3MTpopoHPXVeFTBwCgsyoy IqvWvpO3aGgZzqdXsNhDLPI= =EtgO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
