Re: [squid-users] best FS for SQUID

From: fire-eyes <sgtphou@dont-contact.us>
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 22:17:22 -0400

fire-eyes wrote:
> ThE LinuX_KiD wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> which is best fileSystem for squid ?
>>
>> ext2, ext3, XFS, or ReiserFs ?
>>
>> and which haves better support to aggresive
>> fails on power supply ?
>>
>> regards
>>
>>
>
> I will say reiserfs. It is the best, period, with small files.
>
> I've had all the other listed filesystems fail on me, especially in
> power cutoffs. But not reiserfs.

Oh, do NOT choose XFS if you have power problems. XFS uses memory to
cache, much more aggressively than other filesystems do. A power outage
while using XFS can easily be a disaster.
Received on Sat Apr 10 2004 - 20:17:22 MDT

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