XFS

[Lonni J Friedman]

I've been using XFS on production systems for almost 8 years without a
single problem.  This includes a 3TB RAID5 array that has never lost
any data.  If your 18TB NAS isn't attached to a reliable UPS, then
you've got far bigger problems.

On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Gary Wilson <usrlnx at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is anyone using XFS? I have an 18TB NAS that I have to set up. I've always
> used ext3. But fsck for 18TB is unbearable to think about. XFS seems to be
> actively supported, but the one time I used it a couple of years ago was
> disastrous. A sudden shutdown of the system left the partition
> unrecoverable. Linux Journal this month has a Point/Counterpoint 'debate' on
> Ext3 vs. XFS but it's not conclusive. Any suggestions, recommendations?



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