XFS

[Kurt Wall]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Wilson" <usrlnx at gmail.com>
To: <linux-users at linux-sxs.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 1:55 PM
Subject: XFS


> 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?

I lost data on an XFS filesystem, but only after a disk went south
and I took questionable measures to retrieve the data. Other than
that, I have had zero issues with the XFS filesystems I use here
at KurtWerks and at $DAYJOB.