[olug] Linux Filesystems

[Sean Edwards]

It used to be you had to optomize the volume for
performance when you created it.  I am sure on some
level the concepts still apply.

With large databases, it is better to use a larger
block size.  8, 16, 32 or even 64k block sizes can
vastly improve database performance.  

Use smaller block sizes, 2, 4, or 8k for systems
storing a lot of small files, like a file server
storing user documents.

-=Sean=-

--- Phil Brutsche <phil at brutsche.us> wrote:
> Terry wrote:
> 
> > I use both Ext3 by itself and with LVM
> 
> Have you tried to make an LVM snapshot with ext3?
> 
> > works great for my needs which aren't too
> taxing.....ext2 is said to
> > have better performance....
> 
> Better performance... doing what?
> 
> Some filesystems perform better than others at
> specific tasks.
> 
> ext2 is a good general-purpose file system, as is
> ext3.  JFS, XFS, and 
> Reiser are faster or slower depending on which
> specific benchmark you 
> choose to run.
> 
> For the purposes of most people here, each one will
> work as well as the 
> other - in many cases you will need to push the
> system to extremes to 
> notice a difference between filesystems.
> 
> -- 
> 
> Phil Brutsche
> phil at brutsche.us
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