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XFS is a file system originally for SGI's IRIX OS, but is now available for Linux. It is known for handling large files and large file systems well, one of the few Linux file systems that can handle partitions over 16.8TB.

XFS is a file system originally for SGI's IRIX OS, but is now available for Linux. It is known for handling large files and large file systems well, one of the few Linux file systems that can handle partitions over 16.8TB.

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best filesystem for mysql @ net-volume @ ec2

What is the best filesystem to use for EC2 network volume to be used for mysql database? And what mount options to use? Specifically is there a better option then xfs +noatime? This is the option I see in the various howtos but I also understand…
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How can I verify an XFS dump backup

I recently had a hard drive crash. Now I'm setting up incremental backups using XFS' dump tool. The setup I have is to make the dumps into files (rather than to a block device), my plan is to do a l0 dump every month or two, and l1 dumps every week,…
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xfs - command limit not found

I'd like to set xfs quota on my CentOS 6 server, so I installed xfsprogs package. However it says command limit not found as shown below. [root@myserver ~]# xfs_quota xfs_quota> print Filesystem Pathname /vol1 /dev/sda1…
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Need help recovering RAID 6 array

My CentOS 6.5 server had its primary drive fail the other day. Our hosting company replaced the primary drive and reinstalled the OS. The system is up and running, but the 15TB of RAID6 storage isn't mounting. I need help figuring out how to get it…
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Upgrading server motherboard while maintaining 12 SATA ports

My office has been using a FreeNAS server that was built with desktop hardware. We use it for storing RAW photos (~50mb each). We have 3 workstations that access (browse, retouch, save) the files though the local network. We are interested in…
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xfs_growfs error: maximum is 18350080?

I have a 70 GB filesystem mounted from a loopback file that needed more space. I increased the size of the file from 75161928000 to 75200000000 (starting conservative) via sudo truncate -s 75170000000 preproduction-7.1.1.xfs But attempting to grow…
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Slower file create on faster server. Why?

I have thwo servers. The old one is 24GB RAM, i7-950 @ 3,0Ghz, 2x 1,5TB SATA HDD (ST31500341AS). The new is 32GB RAM, i7-3770 @ 3,4GHz, 2x 3,0TB SATA HDD (ST3000DM001-9YN166). Now I noiticed, creating a new virtual machine on the new host takes…
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Setup 1x RAID5 array with multiple LVs and differnt filesystems?

Centos 5.9 - 2.6.18-348.3.1.el5 i686 Raid5 - 4 Disks + 1 Spare (all WD RED 3TB) Does it make sence to create multiple LV within the same VP and configure them as differnt filesystems: Example: LV1: ext4 - photo backup - so lots of smaller files LV2:…
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Rsync Backup from XFS to ZFS

I currently have a backup solution in place that uses rsync to backup all out Linux servers from remote sites, to an XFS drive in our HQ. I am now trying to rsync the folder from the XFS drive in our HQ to a ZFS drive in another office for Disaster…
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Filesystem recommendation for 5 TB file storage

I have a locally attached 5 TB RAID6 system (IBM DS3512). It will be used as a storage for large data files that are written in sequential writes, and then read back for processing. Eventually the data is deleted. Directory traversal is not…
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xfs_repair has been running a day is it actually doing anything?

I am having a problem with my 1 TB XFS LVM logical volume. This formerly resided on a physical volume which developed IO errors, so I used "pvmove" to migrate to a new disk. After the migration I was able to read from and write to the volume, but…
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Restoring a GPT XFS partition?

I recently added some storage to a RAID array with a single large XFS volume. To expand the volume I normally use parted to remove the partition and then recreate it so that it spans the entire volume. However, I accidentally removed a partition…
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Are there measurable benefits to running XFS on EC2

I am looking at creating a PostgreSQL database image (to run on Amazon EC2) and I have heard good things about XFS. However, since ultimately you are running in a VM, the gain of XFS on EC2 might not be as great as on a barebone system. Am I going…
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xfs incremental backup doesn't fit new disk

I have a 1TB xfs volumne on Amazon EBS, which contains 246GB of incremental backups, created with rsync and hardlinking. I want to copy this to a new, smaller disk. The problem is it doesn't seem to fit into a 300GB disk. Is there any block size…
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lvm/xfs does not utilize full raid device

My older 2 CPU server (32-bit LV Xeon, centos 5) drives a raid6 array. Since I grew it from 7x2T to 8x2T (I had to CD boot a "more modern" fedora to even do the 82-hour growing, but that's another story) LVM only recognizes 10.92TB of /dev/md0's…
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