[ubuntu-us-ut] ext3 or XFS

[Mike Basinger]

We are planning to switch a digital collection we run on CnntentDM for
Windows 2003 using NTFS to Ubuntu Server 8.04 (when it is final). The
collection is hundreds of thousands of graphic files. Would it make
sense to using XFS or ResierFS over ext3? I always used ext3 in the
pass and been happy, but nothing with so many files.

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[from vendor, assumed we were going to use RedHat Enterprise and not Ubuntu]
I saw your recent request to do a Linux evaluation of CONTENTdm and
wanted to get in touch with you to discuss a potential issue. Linux
(specifically Red Hat Enterprise Linux) has a fundamental file system
limitation that can compromise the functionality of CONTENTdm
collections. I know that you all have a LOT of data and some very
large collections, so this limitation will almost certainly be
encountered during your Linux evaluation if you are planning to use
Red Hat Enterprise. The problem is easy to work around if an alternate
file system is used, but Red Hat explicitly does not support any file
systems other than these non-scalable ext2/ext3 volumes. Nearly all
other Linux distributions support file systems that do not have this
problem (e.g. XFS, ReiserFS).

Are you planning to deploy CONTENTdm on Red Hat Enterprise Linux? If
you'd like to discuss this in more detail, let me know a good time to
reach you and the best number to use.
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Thanks,
Mike

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