[OpenAFS] Cache partition choice still limited to ext2 on Linux?

Lars Schimmer l.schimmer@cgv.tugraz.at
Wed, 07 Nov 2012 11:38:07 +0100


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On 2012-11-07 11:09, Dirk Heinrichs wrote:
> Hello,
>=20
> if I remember right, somebody wrote a few weeks ago, that with
> 1.6.x the choices for the cache partition on Linux systems aren't
> limited to ext2 only anymore. Is this correct?

Correct.

> If yes, which filesystems are possible to use (which ones are not)?
> Does the cache even need its own partition nowadays?

Usual all FS are possible, some are useless (NFS e.g.). Would be
interesting to see the cache on OpenAFS itself^^

It still needs a partition, but you can loopmount a file for it. Or
use memcache.

I still would go with ext2 or ext3. But maybe some other fs is a bit
faster, never tested.

> Thanks...
>=20
> Dirk


MfG,
Lars Schimmer
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