From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 2 17:14:30 2008 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 A9D451065679 for ; Tue, 2 Dec 2008 17:14:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@lizardhill.com) Received: from kermit.lizardhill.com (kermit7.lizardhill.com [64.69.41.223]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 915A68FC17 for ; Tue, 2 Dec 2008 17:14:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@lizardhill.com) Received: from ip72-193-84-190.lv.lv.cox.net ([72.193.84.190] helo=mickey) by kermit.lizardhill.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1L7YaI-000K0x-47 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:58:50 -0800 From: "Don O'Neil" To: Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 08:57:58 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 thread-index: AclUnyDuXxJcIBqHSwCk+tq4625rNw== X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 Subject: Best Journaling File System - ZFS/??? 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: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:14:30 -0000 With all the discussions of ZFS lately, I'm beginning to wonder if it's really ready for a production environment. Concerns over memory utilization, speed, stability, etc... So, my question is this... If you were building a brand new 6.3/7.0 server with decent performance (dual core, 32 Bit OS - because of known compatibility issues with specific software, 4 GB RAM, etc...) what file system would you choose? What options are out there besides UFS and ZFS? What FS's are least likely to have corruption issues when there are power hits?