partiton advice

[jamesj]

I have just created a 10x1TB 3ware raid5 array on a centos 5.3 server
The array has nothing to do with the OS and will only be used for the storage of photos

What type of filesystem would be best to use? ext2.....ext3..... something else?
thank you
Jon

[crazy01]

I think its more a matter of personal preference, i personally prefer to use ext3, because i have found it to be a little more stable.

[Lakshmipathi]

Though I never used RAID,I would say ext3 is more stable than ext2,since it uses journaling which avoids/minimizes fsck check.

OT:
I'm just curious about RAID,can you point me some really good links on it? I like to learn more about it.

[rituraj.goswami]

i think use should do a search on themtoknow the difference if you don't know the difference. i would suggest you touse a file system with journaling and lower block size whilecreating it ifyou are using to store small size photographs. my personal choice are ext3, ext4 or reiserfs.

[Lakshmipathi]

ext4 is just coming out - it's not good to experiment with it..
reiserfs is best for storing small files,but i found it's really not reliable like ext3..

as rituraj.goswami said you must set block size and journal size ,for better perfomance.