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#51 2009-01-05 23:38:18
- devotee
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- Registered: 2008-12-12
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Re: Anyone using EXT3 on DNS-323
jdoering wrote:
EXT3 has been (/is) a very reliable filesystem in many production *nix servers long before the DNS-323 existed...
Not on the 2.6 kernel branch...
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour … +bug/53102
I have experienced problems myself with ext3. I don't know if it has been fixed on newer kernels, but general opinion was that it's a very difficult bug to reproduce and difficult to debug.
On the other hand, why would you want to use ext3 on the NAS server? I discussed a bit about it http://dns323.kood.org/forum/t3518-Ques … ewbie.html. For performance sake, I'd use either ext2 or ext3 with writeback journaling and special mount options (noatime,diratime,commit).
CH3SNAS • 2x Seagate Barracuda ES 7200.11 ST31000340AS 1TB SATAII (3.0Gb/s) 7200RPM 32MB (Rev: SD1A) • Individual volumes • FW1.05 (Firmware Date: 12/31/2008) • ext2
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#52 2009-05-22 21:15:12
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Re: Anyone using EXT3 on DNS-323
Did this thread ever get to a consensus on whether ext3 should work?
Does the 1.07 or new 1.08 beta firmware make any difference?
Having lost data in the big 1994-1995 linux filesystem bug debacle, I'd prefer to keep it safe. On the other hand, if it is working correctly, a journaled file system should be safer.
In response to an earlier part of the thread,
The first computer I used was a Data General Nova. I remember that you had to toggle in the address of the boot loader and a few other things in binary using switches on the front panel to get the paper tape reader started to do the IPL. (No, I don't remember the code.) I believe it had core memory.
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#53 2009-05-22 22:13:09
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Re: Anyone using EXT3 on DNS-323
Umm - I'd say ext3 can work, it's actually available in the 1.08 beta - I haven't gotten around to stressing it though.
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#54 2009-05-22 23:31:26
- Biscotte
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Re: Anyone using EXT3 on DNS-323
A couple of days ago I updated one of my DNS-323 to firmware 1.08Beta. In the process, I reformatted one of the discs to ext3.
It was all very straightforward to do, with the DNS giving appropriate prompts.
So I have one ext2 and one ext3 formatted disc in the box - and they are of different capacities.
So far so good.
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