Re: ext3 block size

Actually ext3 is known to have issues as a whole until 2.4.21 (unless
you patch 2.4.20). Serious issues in fact. Things like entire database
corruption because of inability to sync etc...

J


DeJuan Jackson wrote:

> Don't know the answer to your question, but I thought I would just pipe
> in and say that if this is an SMP (has multiple processors) Linux box
> you don't want to use ext3!!!
>
> I used ext3 on my SMP box here at work and now I can't have children (I
> guess it would help if I got a wife first)!!
> But in all seriousness SMP + ext3 = BAD(unpredictable crashes depending
> loosely related to system load).
>
>
> Wilson A. Galafassi Jr. wrote:
>
>> hello.
>> my database size is 5GB. what is the block size recommend?
>> thanks
>> wilson
>>
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