Re: reiserfs for bkbits.net?

[Bryan Whitehead]

Måns Rullgård wrote:
> Sander <sander@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>
> > 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? 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.
>
>
> If someone does any tests, I'd be interested to hear about the
> results.

http://pcbunn.cacr.caltech.edu/gae/3ware_raid_tests.htm

They needed 200MByte/sec disk transfer speed. this is how they got it.

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Bryan Whitehead
SysAdmin - JPL - Interferometry and Large Optical Systems
Phone: 818 354 2903
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