[Gluster-users] Best practices?

[Brian Candler]

On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 01:07:46PM -0500, Whit Blauvelt wrote:
> The 3.2 doc has modified that somewhat
> (http://www.gluster.org/community/documentation/index.php/Gluster_3.2:_Checking_GlusterFS_Minimum_Requirements):
> 
>   File System Requirements
> 
>   Gluster recommends Ext4 (for Linux kernel 2.6.31 or higher) and Ext3 (for
>   all earlier versions) when formating the disk sub-subsystem. For workloads
>   involving huge files, Gluster recommends XFS file system. Any other POSIX
>   compliant disk file system, such as ZFS may also work, but has not been
>   tested widely. 

But the installation guide says differently:
http://download.gluster.com/pub/gluster/glusterfs/3.2/Documentation/IG/html/ch02s02s03.html

"2.2.3. File System Requirements

"Red Hat recommends XFS when formatting the disk sub-system. XFS supports
metadata journaling, which facilitates quicker crash recovery. The XFS file
system can also be de-fragmented and enlarged while mounted and active.
Any other POSIX compliant disk file system, such as Ext3, Ext4, ReiserFS may
also work, but has not been tested widely."

Regards,

Brian.