From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 20 15:22:36 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 995E216A417 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:22:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from drew@mykitchentable.net) Received: from qsmtp3.mc.surewest.net (qsmtp.mc.surewest.net [66.60.130.145]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 76D7C13C442 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:22:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from drew@mykitchentable.net) Received: (qmail 27268 invoked from network); 20 Dec 2007 07:22:35 -0800 Received: by simscan 1.1.0 ppid: 27231, pid: 27232, t: 13.6617s scanners: regex: 1.1.0 attach: 1.1.0 spam: 3.1.7-deb X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7-deb (2006-10-05) on qsmtp3.surewest.net X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_40, RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL autolearn=no version=3.1.7-deb Received: from unknown (HELO blacklamb.mykitchentable.net) (66.205.146.210) by qsmtp3 with SMTP; 20 Dec 2007 07:22:22 -0800 Received: from [192.168.1.3] (bigdaddy.mykitchentable.net [192.168.1.3]) by blacklamb.mykitchentable.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0EC01648D0 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:22:20 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <476A88C3.4060001@mykitchentable.net> Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:22:43 -0800 From: Drew Tomlinson User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <226ae0c60712170738m7b5f2a5dt6286fe336cd8dd88@mail.gmail.com> <20071218050508.GB41080@demeter.hydra> <20071218053615.GA9154@brahma.susmita.org> <20071218101700.GA42187@demeter.hydra> In-Reply-To: <20071218101700.GA42187@demeter.hydra> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: common filesystem for Linux and FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:22:36 -0000 On 12/18/2007 2:17 AM Chad Perrin said the following: > On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 11:06:15AM +0530, Girish Venkatachalam wrote: > [snip] >> If FFS2 and EXT3 are ruled out, then what is remaining? ;) >> >> XFS? >> > > Maybe? > > My impression is that there isn't good UFS support in Linux, and that > stable ext3 support is read-only in FreeBSD. If that's the case, then it > really does seem to come down to a matter of figuring out whether XFS, > JFS, or ReiserFS (to throw out a few examples) have stable read/write > support in both Linux and FreeBSD systems. > I use XFS on a Gentoo Linux distribution for a MythTV box and it has performed well for me. I've lost power on several occasions and the filesystem has remained intact. However I recall reading somewhere that XFS is better tuned for large files (such as the TV recordings that are 2+ Gb each) so you may want to check that before settling. I have no idea about XFS on FreeBSD. [snip] HTH, Drew -- Be a Great Magician! Visit The Alchemist's Warehouse http://www.alchemistswarehouse.com