[mdlug] File systems

[Adam Tauno Williams]

On Sun, 2013-12-29 at 23:09 -0500, Aaron Kulkis wrote:
> Bob wrote:
> > OK related to the copy question
> > I'm running a 3.12 kernel on Debian Sid (AptoSid). The drive I'm replacing is a 2tb drive using the ext4 file system that contains my photos. I'm replacing it with a 4tb drive. Files are jpg, png, tiff, nef (Nikon Raw), and Gimp xcf. Sizes range from
> > 300k to 200mb+ xcf files
> > Work flow could be working on 1 large Gimp file or batch processing 50-100 nef to jpg files.
> > Any suggestions comments on what file system might work best?
> My preferred filesystem type is xfs except for partitions (/, /boot) which require ex3 or ext4 filesystems.
> The larger the filesystem, the beeter the performance advantage of XFS, and I have *NEVER* lost a single
> file due to filesystem corruption on an XFXFS partition.

I have never lost a file in ext3, ext4, XFS, or Butter due to
file-system issues [I have lost data in, I believe, every single one of
the aforementioned due to crap hardware and vendor firmware].

It has been a l-o-n-g time since I have seen a data bite due to
file-system issues;  a couple performance things here and there, but no
data loss.

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Adam Tauno Williams <mailto:awilliam at whitemice.org> GPG D95ED383
Systems Administrator, Python Developer, LPI / NCLA