RFC: Tuning ext3

[Ralf Hildebrandt]

* Andreas Dilger <adilger at clusterfs.com>:

> > E. Use a kernel >= 2.6.19 (patches for extents and 48-bit support,
> > requires Ubuntu 7.04 feisty or Fedora Core 7 or custom kernel) to allow
> > filesystems > 8TB on Intel/AMD chips. [BigFS]
> 
> This means ext4.  I'd suggest including the mballoc and delalloc patches
> from Alex if performance is the driving factor.  There is some risk
> involved in ext4.

I don't understand this: The whole idea was to stay "supported", and
now the OP want's to use hand-built kernels? Why?

-- 
Ralf Hildebrandt (i.A. des IT-Zentrums)         Ralf.Hildebrandt at charite.de
Charite - Universitätsmedizin Berlin            Tel.  +49 (0)30-450 570-155
Gemeinsame Einrichtung von FU- und HU-Berlin    Fax.  +49 (0)30-450 570-962
IT-Zentrum Standort CBF                    send no mail to plonk at charite.de