dan wrote:
> As far as filesystem.  I really like EXT3 because it is very very 
> reliable but it is not the fastest thing out there.  It also has very a 
> long FSCK process which is not fun on a multi-TB array.  XFS is a very 
> good performer for backuppc and it is current, stable, and maintained 
> and likely the best choice.  ZFS is platform dependant and hungry for 
> resources BUT is very very fast when tuned properly and can handle your 
> volume management.  It also does raidz/raidz2 faster than many hardware 
> cards and is less impacted by parity calculations than standard 
> raid5/6.  ZFS is a beast of a filesystem and you need to balance the 
> pros vs the cons. 

I second the above.  Very well put.
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