From: "Robert Comer" 

>journeyed

??  Stupid spell checker.  Journaled.

- Bob Comer 


"Robert Comer"  wrote in message
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> > Why was the guy suggesting ext2 then?
>
> It's the oldest stable file system and it's not journeyed, good for a
> benchmark, but not good for real work.
>
> > I agree for all but mirroring, that can be done in software with a pair
of
> > drives quite easily with no noticeable load (except during bootup sync)
on
> > the machine.
>
> I also have a software raid 1 server and it's a DOG -- very much slower
than
> the same machine not mirrored.  (it's scsi with decently fast drives, but
> certainly not the latest and greatest.)  Lots of memory can help here
> though....
>
> >It's one of the reasons I'm using mirroring on a number of web
> > servers now, cheap redundancy.
>
> If disk speed isn't the most critical thing it makes sense.
>
> I'll take a hw RAID 5 array anytime, if there's budget for it anyway.
>
> - Bob Comer
>
>
>
> "Geo."  wrote in message
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> > "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
> > news:3ebc4c77$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> >
> > > That's not quite right Geo, there are other journaling files systems
> that
> > > are better than ext3.  I would probably (and do) use reiser since it's
> the
> > > oldest.
> >
> > Why was the guy suggesting ext2 then?
> >
> > > Software based raid 0 is going to be sucky, any of the RAID levels
> should
> > > only be done with hardware if you want decent speed.
> >
> > I agree for all but mirroring, that can be done in software with a pair
of
> > drives quite easily with no noticeable load (except during bootup sync)
on
> > the machine. It's one of the reasons I'm using mirroring on a number of
> web
> > servers now, cheap redundancy.
> >
> > Geo.
> >
> >
>
>

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