From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 21 21:37:27 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F311BF0 for ; Tue, 21 May 2013 21:37:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr6.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr6.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8923DFE3 for ; Tue, 21 May 2013 21:37:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from slackbox.erewhon.net (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr6.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id r4LLbJGQ003682; Tue, 21 May 2013 23:37:19 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.erewhon.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 99D66123F3; Tue, 21 May 2013 23:37:19 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 23:37:19 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: Pol Hallen Subject: Re: filesystem advice Message-ID: <20130521213719.GA37505@slackbox.erewhon.net> References: <519BA42D.8010809@fuckaround.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <519BA42D.8010809@fuckaround.org> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 21:37:27 -0000 --OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 06:43:25PM +0200, Pol Hallen wrote: > Hi all and sorry for this (newbie) question. >=20 > I study FreeBSD (I come from linux) and I'm not sure which filesystem use. >=20 > My situation: install a fileserver (samba) for 3 clients and put it as > gateway/server on internet (ssh, and samba to internal lan). >=20 > I installed FreeBSD with raid 1 following this howto: >=20 > http://www.ateamsystems.com/blog/Installing-FreeBSD-9-gmirror-GPT-partiti= ons-raid-1 >=20 > everything ok! >=20 > I see that use ufs filesystem, now: >=20 > I'd like have less maintenance possible direclty to machine because this > server is far to me 50Km. >=20 > So I can use ssh for default (and extra) maintenance. >=20 > Which filesystem is "better"? After total crash of system (i.e.) or > black-out, ufs can repair it by itself? Or better use ufs+journal? or zfs? By default, FreeBSD 9.x uses journaled soft-updates now. This will cut down the filesystem check time significantly. A filesystem check will require manual intervention when some kinds of errors are found.=20 ZFS likes to have a lot of memory, and preferably a 64-bit machine. See the tuning guide: https://wiki.freebsd.org/ZFSTuningGuide > Motherboard is atom dual core with 2Gb of ram and 2 disks with 2Gb each. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://rsmith.home.xs4all.nl/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.20 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlGb6Q8ACgkQEnfvsMMhpyUFKgCbBG5oFpA9onVMh/3u1HDlBNxu qJ4An1ydZrA6v/12nNvCV03s/l12j1XR =oA/p -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY--