From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 24 02:34:22 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 58CA8106564A for ; Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:34:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gary@pattersonsoftware.com) Received: from mail.pattersonsoftware.com (mail.pattersonsoftware.com [121.52.192.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFE3C8FC19 for ; Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:34:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gary@pattersonsoftware.com) Received: from localhost (mail [127.0.0.3]) by mail.pattersonsoftware.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB7034B7BC6; Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:34:20 +1000 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at pattersonsoftware.com Received: from mail.pattersonsoftware.com ([127.0.0.3]) by localhost (mail.pattersonsoftware.com [127.0.0.3]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id XazZiiDwKD-7; Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:34:15 +1000 (EST) Received: from elegia (60-242-254-180.static.tpgi.com.au [60.242.254.180]) by mail.pattersonsoftware.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A9D5A4B7B55; Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:34:14 +1000 (EST) Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:34:12 +1000 From: Gary Newcombe To: Andreas Davour Message-Id: <20080924123412.172fb5d8.gary@pattersonsoftware.com> In-Reply-To: References: <20080924000441.Q55719@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20080924095549.53b5de7f.gary@pattersonsoftware.com> Organization: Patterson Software X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.5.0rc2 (GTK+ 2.12.11; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Filesystem of choice for a Linux/FreeBSD shared backup disk? 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: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:34:22 -0000 On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:02:11 +0200 (CEST), Andreas Davour wrote: > On Wed, 24 Sep 2008, Gary Newcombe wrote: > > > On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:48:48 +0200 (CEST), Andreas Davour > > wrote: > > > >> On Wed, 24 Sep 2008, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > >> > >>>> about trying to make the data as available as possible. Do anyone here have > >>>> any suggestion about what kind of filesystem would be best to use? Can ufs2 > >>>> be read by linux? It looks like it from my short persual of google hits, > >>>> but it also looks kind of complicated. IS ext2 a safer bet? Anything > >>>> totally different? > > > > Have you considered ZFS as an option? It's a good option for a backup > > disk where speed isn't too much of an issue. > > AFAIK, ZFS is not yet ready for Linux. That's true and as it stands, licensing issues mean it won't be a kernel filesystem in linux. However, ZFS works fine using the fuse module. I use ZFS as a common filesystem for backup. The only issue is the differing versions of ZFS and which is used to create the pool. > > >>> use ext2. FreeBSD handles ext2 fine, while linux doesn't handle UFS2 easily. > >>> just remember ext2 performance is lower, but for backups, copying etc. it > >>> shouldn't matter > >> > >> I'll remember the performance hit. > >> > >> While Linux don't handle UFS2 easily, how much of a trouble is it? I > >> found a text about recompiling your kernel. Do you know if that's still > >> needed? My source was kind of old. > > > > Just load it as a kernel module > > > > kldload ext2fs > > Now you are refering to FBSD, I was talking about using UFS2 in Linux. Sorry, I should learn to read. Afaik, ufs2 is read only under linux, write support is available but the module isn't built by default and it's listed as 'dangerous'. > > /Andreas > > -- > A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > A: Top-posting. > Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"