Best filesystem for large partitions

[Chris Jones]

On 21 Sep 2009, at 10:28pm, Rashkae wrote:

> Preston Hagar wrote:
>> I have an Ubuntu Hardy server setup with a 9 TB Hardware (Areca) RAID
>> 6 array running Zoneminder (camera software).  For a while, I have
>> been using XFS as the filesystem for the 9 TB partition because of a
>> few random recommendations and outdated benchmarks [1].  Over the  
>> past
>> year or so running with this setup, however, I have had to wipe and
>> reformat the partition about 50 % of the time the machine power  
>> cycles
>> (sometimes from unexpected power outages, sometimes from planned
>> reboots).
>
> I've never tried to use XFS on anything near this scale.. However,  
> your
> particular problem sounds very unique... I would almost suspect some
> underlaying hardware problems corrupting data.

I was going to ask the same question, as I tend to agree.

Have you ruled out issues with the hardware itself, instead of the  
filesystem ? XFS is a relatively old filesystem and as such should be  
much more stable than you are experiencing.

Chris