Re: reiserfs for bkbits.net?

[Edward Shishkin]

Sander wrote:
> 
> Larry McVoy wrote (ao):
> > We're moving openlogging back to our offices and I'm experimenting
> > with filesystems to see what gives the best performance for BK usage.
> > Reiserfs looks pretty good and I'm wondering if anyone knows any
> > reasons that we shouldn't use it for bkbits.net. Also, would it help
> > if the journal was on a different disk?

Not much if you mean performance: here is results for standard journal vs
journal relocated to NVRAM, everything in data logging journal mode:
http://thebsh.namesys.com/benchmarks/journal_relocation_to_NVRAM.html
Edward.

 Most of the bkbits traffic is
> > read so I doubt it.
> >
> > Please cc me, I'm not on the list.
> 
> I've cc'ed the Reiserfs mailinglist.
> 
> IME Reiserfs is a fast and stable fs. If you have the time to benchmark
> ext3, reiserfs, jfs and xfs (and ..) with bk then you would know first
> hand which fs is best for you. It might be worth the time.
> 
> With kind regards, Sander
> 
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> Humilis IT Services and Solutions
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