[mythtv-users] Most Reliable FS. XFS maybe causing crash

jack snodgrass mrlinuxgroups at gmail.com
Fri Sep 15 19:31:48 UTC 2006


> I am using FC5 update kernel.  So you could be right.  I hav enot been able to
> catch any syslog info on the issue, so hardware is very difficult to
> troubleshoot.  I have moved the raid around ( different bus etc.. ) changed
> the power supply but would like to get more info somehow.  I can crash the
> system by moving a mass stream of data off/on the server, so load or FS
> reading/writing etc..
> Ideas on how to proceed with more hardware troubleshooting?
> Have you found XFS more performant thatn ext3?
> Thanks.
>
> Mark

I'm using FC5 with the latest patches on 3 of my boxes. They all use
XFS for their big drives. I've had 0 problems with them crashing
or trashing data. I don't use LVM or Raid.... just 300gb - 500gb
partitons.

jack


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