File System on external hard drive

[Ray Leventhal]

Chaman Singh Verma wrote:


> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Suppose I bypass window once for all, then what would you recommend. I 
> generally have huge datasets ( 20-30GB in each
> file). I will be interested in fault tolerance issues in filesystems.
> 
> Mir.
> 


I'd personally go with EXT3.  I'm sure others may have preferences in 
either XFS or others, but unless there's a specific need, I prefer EXT3.

HTH,
-Ray