Soldato
Hello all,
I've been merrily continuing with my linux adventure again! I have come to the point where I'm actually getting somewhere but wanted just a little help.
After having a few issues with CentOS (not issues as such, just quirks which I didn't like - e.g. lack of native filesystem support for many different filesystems), I decided to give ubuntu another shot. So I did...
I've installed ubuntu server 8.04 LTS x64 server and installed ubuntu-desktop over the top (/gets under flameproof jacket). I know - but I'm a n00b.
Anyway, CentOS was great but my test run didn't go so well. Copied over my video files to it (mostly avi's) as a test run. Then tried to play them. It worked for a few seconds, then the video became choppy and unwatchable. Tried video first, as I was going to test with music, but videos are a better tester.
I attributed this as being down to the filesystem, as files would copy over quickly enough e.g. copied the Centos DVD from my desktop at about 65MB/s through the gigabit switch to the server. Videos just didn't seem to play well. Anyway, made the switch to ubuntu server. This is going well as ubuntu server runs at 50W idle, as opposed to 60W, due obviously to better driver support for the hardware and additional power saving options/states. All hard drives power down now which saves a fair bit of power.
I read up on filesystems and it seems XFS is a relatively stable and mature fs. So I run the RAID from XFS now. Any comments on this?
I know about ZFS, however I don't think I want to play with Solaris right now - a little over my head as I can't be dealing with driver issues.
Should I have stuck with ext3? Obviously it needs to be journalling - I don't have a UPS yet, so a power failure needs to be governed for. This server will be backed up to an external 500GB drive - I know RAID1 is not a backup. The purpose is to be relatively safe as the backup to external is likely to be weekly. Home office files, photos and music are be placed on the server which is like a NAS, but also the main store. Further, it is likely that the files will be worked on remotely i.e. from client PC's with the actual files remaining on the server - are there any comments on this in terms of XFS use? Does XFS lock files properly?
Finally, is there anything wrong with enabling the root account on ubuntu? AS I'm mainly using the GUI, issues have arisen when trying to change permissions and editing config files in the standard text editors because I am not root. As this computer sits behind a NAT and isn't open to the world, should I worry about enabling root?
Many thanks in advance!
smids.
I've been merrily continuing with my linux adventure again! I have come to the point where I'm actually getting somewhere but wanted just a little help.
After having a few issues with CentOS (not issues as such, just quirks which I didn't like - e.g. lack of native filesystem support for many different filesystems), I decided to give ubuntu another shot. So I did...
I've installed ubuntu server 8.04 LTS x64 server and installed ubuntu-desktop over the top (/gets under flameproof jacket). I know - but I'm a n00b.
Anyway, CentOS was great but my test run didn't go so well. Copied over my video files to it (mostly avi's) as a test run. Then tried to play them. It worked for a few seconds, then the video became choppy and unwatchable. Tried video first, as I was going to test with music, but videos are a better tester.
I attributed this as being down to the filesystem, as files would copy over quickly enough e.g. copied the Centos DVD from my desktop at about 65MB/s through the gigabit switch to the server. Videos just didn't seem to play well. Anyway, made the switch to ubuntu server. This is going well as ubuntu server runs at 50W idle, as opposed to 60W, due obviously to better driver support for the hardware and additional power saving options/states. All hard drives power down now which saves a fair bit of power.
I read up on filesystems and it seems XFS is a relatively stable and mature fs. So I run the RAID from XFS now. Any comments on this?
I know about ZFS, however I don't think I want to play with Solaris right now - a little over my head as I can't be dealing with driver issues.
Should I have stuck with ext3? Obviously it needs to be journalling - I don't have a UPS yet, so a power failure needs to be governed for. This server will be backed up to an external 500GB drive - I know RAID1 is not a backup. The purpose is to be relatively safe as the backup to external is likely to be weekly. Home office files, photos and music are be placed on the server which is like a NAS, but also the main store. Further, it is likely that the files will be worked on remotely i.e. from client PC's with the actual files remaining on the server - are there any comments on this in terms of XFS use? Does XFS lock files properly?
Finally, is there anything wrong with enabling the root account on ubuntu? AS I'm mainly using the GUI, issues have arisen when trying to change permissions and editing config files in the standard text editors because I am not root. As this computer sits behind a NAT and isn't open to the world, should I worry about enabling root?
Many thanks in advance!
smids.
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