From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 16 15:46:39 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FB311065675 for ; Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:46:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prvs=568424380=pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com) Received: from ip-002.utdallas.edu (ip-002.utdallas.edu [129.110.20.108]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F8818FC19 for ; Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:46:38 +0000 (UTC) X-Group: None X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AiEKAJUULVCBbgogTmdsb2JhbABFqleOUAQEgQ4BASIQgxoCgWMaiCCZG4ZOmwaRAGADiE6gEA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.77,778,1336366800"; d="scan'208";a="98097299" Received: from zxtm01.utdallas.edu (HELO [129.110.200.11]) ([129.110.10.32]) by ip-002.utdallas.edu with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA; 16 Aug 2012 10:45:28 -0500 Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 10:45:25 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl To: FreeBSD Questions List Message-ID: <47AFB706686083E99B3A3F3E@localhost> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.1.0a1 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; size=729 Subject: Best file system for a busy webserver X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Paul Schmehl List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:46:39 -0000 Does anyone have any opinions on which file system is best for a busy webserver (7 million hits/month)? Is anyone one system noticeably better than any other? Just curious. I'm getting ready to setup a new box running FreeBSD 9, and since I'm starting from scratch, I'm questioning all my previous assumptions. -- Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. ******************************************* "It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead." Thomas Jefferson "There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them." George Orwell