[Voyage-linux] JFS / XFS support on Voyage 0.52

[Darshaka Pathirana]

On 20.06.2009 09:47, Navas Abubacker wrote:
> How do I get the JFS / XFS file system on my Voyage 0.52, I have been
> trying to make my intel atom GCLF-mini-itx as a file server, and I don't
> see voyage nativley support JFS / XFS, Is is possible to implement those
> file system,

%  cat /boot/config-2.6.26-486-voyage | grep -e "JFS_FS\|XFS_FS"
# CONFIG_JFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_XFS_FS=m

So JFS is currently not enabled in the voyage kernel (of voyage
0.6.1) so you need to recompile the kernel to enable it.
XFS can be loaded with "modprobe xfs". You may also need the
packages "jfsutils" and "xfsprogs" to be able to create the filesystems.

That said, I do not have any real experience with any of those FS.
(I once tried XFS but was not really convinced.)

> Also which one is the best, I am basically hosting the server as a media
> server, ( movies, mp3's and photos ) & torrent server

IMHO I see hardly any benefit in using a different FS (whatever you
used before) for a home server with a only a few users. Especially
if the admin (you?) have only limitied experience with the (new) FS.
You should really choose a FS you are familiar with.

But there are many considerations for choosing a special FS on basis
of a special field of application in particular in an enterprise
environment.

For infos see:

[1] http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=jvs+vs+ext3
[2] http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=xfs+vs+ext3
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xfs
[4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JFS_(file_system)

(FYI: Although it is not considered to be very fast I use ext2/3 for
at least seven years now on our servers (after switching from
reiserFS) and had no problems so far...)

Be aware to encouter problems with your bootloader (GRUB) when using
a "non-standard" FS.

Greetings && HTH,
 - Darsha