Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:34:12 +1000 From: Gary Newcombe <gary@pattersonsoftware.com> To: Andreas Davour <ante@Update.UU.SE> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Filesystem of choice for a Linux/FreeBSD shared backup disk? Message-ID: <20080924123412.172fb5d8.gary@pattersonsoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0809240400480.32372@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> <20080924095549.53b5de7f.gary@pattersonsoftware.com> <Pine.LNX.4.64.0809240400480.32372@Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE>
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On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:02:11 +0200 (CEST), Andreas Davour <ante@Update.UU.SE> wrote: > On Wed, 24 Sep 2008, Gary Newcombe wrote: > > > 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. > > AFAIK, ZFS is not yet ready for Linux. That's true and as it stands, licensing issues mean it won't be a kernel filesystem in linux. However, ZFS works fine using the fuse module. I use ZFS as a common filesystem for backup. The only issue is the differing versions of ZFS and which is used to create the pool. > > >>> 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 > > Now you are refering to FBSD, I was talking about using UFS2 in Linux. Sorry, I should learn to read. Afaik, ufs2 is read only under linux, write support is available but the module isn't built by default and it's listed as 'dangerous'. > > /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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