Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:22:43 -0800 From: Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: common filesystem for Linux and FreeBSD Message-ID: <476A88C3.4060001@mykitchentable.net> In-Reply-To: <20071218101700.GA42187@demeter.hydra> References: <226ae0c60712170738m7b5f2a5dt6286fe336cd8dd88@mail.gmail.com> <20071218050508.GB41080@demeter.hydra> <20071218053615.GA9154@brahma.susmita.org> <20071218101700.GA42187@demeter.hydra>
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On 12/18/2007 2:17 AM Chad Perrin said the following: > On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 11:06:15AM +0530, Girish Venkatachalam wrote: > [snip] >> If FFS2 and EXT3 are ruled out, then what is remaining? ;) >> >> XFS? >> > > Maybe? > > My impression is that there isn't good UFS support in Linux, and that > stable ext3 support is read-only in FreeBSD. If that's the case, then it > really does seem to come down to a matter of figuring out whether XFS, > JFS, or ReiserFS (to throw out a few examples) have stable read/write > support in both Linux and FreeBSD systems. > I use XFS on a Gentoo Linux distribution for a MythTV box and it has performed well for me. I've lost power on several occasions and the filesystem has remained intact. However I recall reading somewhere that XFS is better tuned for large files (such as the TV recordings that are 2+ Gb each) so you may want to check that before settling. I have no idea about XFS on FreeBSD. [snip] HTH, Drew -- Be a Great Magician! Visit The Alchemist's Warehouse http://www.alchemistswarehouse.com
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