Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 16:34:05 +0100 (BST) From: Deepak Naidu <deepak_nai@yahoo.com> To: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Porting from linux to FreeBSD Message-ID: <20050908153405.12317.qmail@web41005.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <43205660.6040309@centtech.com>
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Thanx for the detailed info. hope it comes soon. --- Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> wrote: > Deepak Naidu wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am thinking of porting my mailserver from > fedora > > 2.6 to freebsd 5.4. In this regards i have a > question > > regarding chosing the stable and fast filesystem. > > > > I used reiserfs in fedora due to its faster > input & > > output operation with file size of 1-5 Mb. Is > UFS2 > > stable and fast(does it journalize). It seems to > be > > slow when untaring a file. > > > > I am thing about XFS, how do i implement it in > FreeBSD > > 5.4 in kernel, how do i get the XFS option during > > installation(I know for that i have to make own > CD, > > even then). > > > > > > What are my options regarding file syetm in > FreeBSD > > 5.4 considering mailing server performance. > > UFS2 is actually a pretty fast filesystem for most > cases. UFS2 does not > currently support journaling, however some work is > underway by Scott > Long to implement this. UFS2 has soft-updates, > which keeps meta-data > consistant in case of system failure (reboots,etc), > but does not avoid > an fsck. The 5.x series and above has support for > background fsck, > which allows you to mount the filesystem and begin > using it, while > background fsck does the checking live. > > There are read-only ports of reiserfs and xfs > available for 6.0- and > 7.0. The reiserfs code is in the src tree, and the > xfs code can be > found here: > http://people.freebsd.org/~rodrigc/xfs/ > > I'm sure Craig and Alexander would enjoy the help > with the porting of > XFS. I'm unsure of the status of reiserfs. Porting > XFS to FreeBSD > (full support) would be awesome! > > Eric > > > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator > Centaur Technology > Anything that works is better than anything that > doesn't. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Linux your Life, Don't Window it [[]] { All for the best } ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
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