Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:55:49 +1000 From: Gary Newcombe <gary@pattersonsoftware.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Filesystem of choice for a Linux/FreeBSD shared backup disk? Message-ID: <20080924095549.53b5de7f.gary@pattersonsoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0809240046320.22228@Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE> References: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0809231714040.31780@Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE> <20080924000441.Q55719@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <Pine.LNX.4.64.0809240046320.22228@Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE>
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On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:48:48 +0200 (CEST), Andreas Davour <ante@Update.UU.SE> wrote: > On Wed, 24 Sep 2008, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > >> about trying to make the data as available as possible. Do anyone here have > >> any suggestion about what kind of filesystem would be best to use? Can ufs2 > >> be read by linux? It looks like it from my short persual of google hits, > >> but it also looks kind of complicated. IS ext2 a safer bet? Anything > >> totally different? Have you considered ZFS as an option? It's a good option for a backup disk where speed isn't too much of an issue. > > > > use ext2. FreeBSD handles ext2 fine, while linux doesn't handle UFS2 easily. > > just remember ext2 performance is lower, but for backups, copying etc. it > > shouldn't matter > > I'll remember the performance hit. > > > While Linux don't handle UFS2 easily, how much of a trouble is it? I > found a text about recompiling your kernel. Do you know if that's still > needed? My source was kind of old. Just load it as a kernel module kldload ext2fs > > /andreas > > -- > A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > A: Top-posting. > Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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