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> On Behalf Of Scott Russell
> Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 4:22 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Networker] Unix to Linux Migration
> 
> Lars Hecking wrote:
> >> Fsck should not really be an issue since ext3 is a journaling
> >> filesystem.
> >>
> Fsck always matters. Eventually you'll either go down hard enough that
> the journal can't fix it or you'll need to do an automatic or
scheduled
> fsck check for sanity reasons.

I totally agree and should have been more explicit.

Basically, its not like back in the day that you had to fsck every time
the system went down ungracefully.  Typically the journal will take care
of these situations and the system will be up very quickly.  More severe
issues of course still require fsck.

> 
> >
> >  ext3's performance isn't great, JFS may be a better choice
> >
> JFS doesn't shrink. That could be an issue if you need to shrink an
LVM
> with it on there.
> 
> --
> Scott Russell <lnxgeek AT us.ibm DOT com>
> IBM Linux Technology Center, System Admin
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