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

[Gustin Johnson]

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Navas Abubacker wrote:
> Thanks,
> 
> I am using Voyage - 0.5.2, so there is no built in support for XFS or
>  JFS, But I am going for ext3 anyways, Do you know best options for 
> mounting ext3 which increases the performance like no-atime,
> 
I just run with the defaults.  I do not even bother with the noatime and
nodatime options unless I am using flash based media, but then I am also
using ext2 on those as well.

> I am using mini-itx compatible case, so there is a space problem so I
> am going with Compact flash card with voyage,
> 
I used a Chenbro mini-itx case.  I have the OS on a laptop drive, and
the 4 x 3.5" are my RAID array.  I also have a Drobo attached to this
machine.

> Also I tired ubuntu before, but I like debian more, but performance
> is a bit slow,
> 
OK, whatever works for you.  IMO most of the differences between Debian
and Ubuntu are perceptual ones, but that is only my opinion.

> I compared with hdparm, ubuntu server edition gives 10M/s more speed 
> than voyage and etch, it is becuase of ubuntu server tuned for 
> performance. Is it becuase of the different scheduler they are using 
> like deadline scheduler, 100Mz frequency etcc ..
> 
I am going to guess that it is just the newer kernel with newer and
probably better drivers.  I do not think that a newer scheduler has made
it to a Ubuntu release just yet.

> 
> On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Gustin Johnson <gustin at echostar.ca 
> <mailto:gustin at echostar.ca>> wrote:
> 
> 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,
> 
> If you built in support for JFS into the kernel, I believe that XFS
> is already a module.  You would have to apt-get the user space
> support utilities.
> 
>> Also which one is the best, I am basically hosting the server as a
> media
>> server, ( movies, mp3's and photos ) & torrent server
> 
> My home file server is a dual core Atom.  I have a software RAID 5 (4
> x 1 TB drives) which can write 50+ MB across the network.  I do this
> with the tried and true ext3 file system.  Nothing fancy but I have
> never been convinced by the other file systems.
> 
> Also, my home server is running Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (server edition).  I 
> only put voyage on embedded devices with compact flash devices as the
>  boot media.  For an Atom system a regular hard drive and a more 
> conventional distro is much easier to work with.
> 
> Just my 2c

> -- Thanks Navas


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