From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 24 13:28:30 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 BA60F3D9 for ; Fri, 24 May 2013 13:28:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kraduk@gmail.com) Received: from mail-la0-x229.google.com (mail-la0-x229.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c03::229]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44E71E1D for ; Fri, 24 May 2013 13:28:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-la0-f41.google.com with SMTP id ee20so4472450lab.28 for ; Fri, 24 May 2013 06:28:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=xFBd6TKslDW/Nj/saZOpxNPi03O0mNr/2LThA1SS7v8=; b=XSQm2Il19h2JD2chCa5/c9cdNetcAqxqgWAZ/UbCenCeRWH5ACKdRpy+2bwQ6z27x0 zV+sD81Iea7aBAYA/47PWOvJVXVr1WY78Y5KDILyPprW1Owt57q0Ort3/IPXkoyLxmu7 Dnlt/sczOEShWQFORzDq152cuCeKUZwzt8NJ7WRhICHn/V+Ym6/TB/d5JLLkHiM3HwyE dWazys2/CGAGdJmD3K9il6F8H0ZbLH5yv5hI11WRx+dzA48482izIlTyBeJLYeTIoP+f XQbV/wLu/0R/KE3ARPUd0uV6IHfvhz05Vr0yELt4iU5zxB9l947O4rbMfGIg18cqIk3A 0QXg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.112.22.97 with SMTP id c1mr8700151lbf.52.1369402108550; Fri, 24 May 2013 06:28:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.161.113 with HTTP; Fri, 24 May 2013 06:28:28 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20130521213719.GA37505@slackbox.erewhon.net> References: <519BA42D.8010809@fuckaround.org> <20130521213719.GA37505@slackbox.erewhon.net> Date: Fri, 24 May 2013 14:28:28 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: filesystem advice From: krad To: Roland Smith Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: Pol Hallen , FreeBSD Questions 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: Fri, 24 May 2013 13:28:30 -0000 There isnt really a thing as better, just different. WHich is best for you depends on your requirements and resources. A zfs based solution would work on that system as its just serving a few clients, and on the assumption that they arent to demanding it should run fine. Bunging in more memory if you can will just make things better though, just dont expect anything to amazing out of the machine. If the data is important then all the data integrity features of zfs will be handy. However if you need more speed ufs will be faster on that system, at the expense of the advanced features of zfs. Its really down to you to decide whats more important. On 21 May 2013 22:37, Roland Smith wrote: > On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 06:43:25PM +0200, Pol Hallen wrote: > > Hi all and sorry for this (newbie) question. > > > > I study FreeBSD (I come from linux) and I'm not sure which filesystem > use. > > > > My situation: install a fileserver (samba) for 3 clients and put it as > > gateway/server on internet (ssh, and samba to internal lan). > > > > I installed FreeBSD with raid 1 following this howto: > > > > > http://www.ateamsystems.com/blog/Installing-FreeBSD-9-gmirror-GPT-partitions-raid-1 > > > > everything ok! > > > > I see that use ufs filesystem, now: > > > > I'd like have less maintenance possible direclty to machine because this > > server is far to me 50Km. > > > > So I can use ssh for default (and extra) maintenance. > > > > 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. > > 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 > -- > 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) >