[OpenAFS] Re: Problems with reiserfs when start OpenAFS 1.2.11-fc1 Segmentation fault with kernel 2.4.22-1.2174.nptl
Pete Walters
pete@deek.org
Thu, 4 Mar 2004 09:13:49 -0600
Are there known problems with having your cache on an ext3 partition
instead of ext2?
On 2004-03-04 01:18, Ryan Underwood wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 07:46:48PM -0800, Mike Fedyk wrote:
> > jds wrote:
> > >Hi Ryan:
> > >
> > > Thanks for your help, the client openafs working again.
> > >
> > >loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
> > >Journalled Block Device driver loaded
> > >kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
> > >EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on loop(7,0), internal journal
> > >EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
> >
> > No, if you're going to be stacking filesystems, use ext2, not ext3. You
> > will get better performance, and there's no use in having two levels of
> > journaling in this case.
>
> You might also think about bigger than 100MB cache file. A big cache
> helps out AFS client performance tremendously. But definitely use ext2
> and not ext3 as others have said.
>
> --
> Ryan Underwood, <nemesis@icequake.net>