Re: Debian problem...

On Sep 12, 2007, at 3:52 AM, Tino Wildenhain wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> Tom Allison schrieb:
>> On Sep 11, 2007, at 5:49 AM, Tom Allison wrote:
>>>
>>> I was able get my database working again.
>>> Never figured out why...
>> My database data (sorry about the redundancy there) is sitting on
>> a RAID1 array with LVM and ReiserFS.
>> I've heard some dissention about the use of ReiserFS and was
>> wondering:
>
> No problem with RazorFS if your hardware does not fail. But if...
> chances are you have to use your backup.
>
> Alternatively you could use XFS but I'm not sure if it performs
> better on failing hardware. I guess not.
>
> Regards
> Tino

Well, when one is looking at hardware failure, the performance
doesn't really matter that much.
Is EXT3 better for dealing with a RAID1 failure?
I know reiserfs does better performance wise, but there's no point in
going fast if you can't steer.