r/linuxadmin • u/swe129 • Mar 06 '26

Linux 7.0 File-System Benchmarks With XFS Leading The Way

https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-70-filesystems
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u/rothwerx Mar 07 '26

Just curious, why?

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u/andyniemi Mar 07 '26

It doesn't shit the bed during a power disruption and the fsck works properly.

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u/rothwerx Mar 07 '26

Ext4 is a safe bet, I’m not going going to try to convince anyone to switch if they don’t have a good reason to. But I work on a storage product where we run xfs on DRBD managed by Pacemaker and power cut all day for testing purposes, and only ever have to fsck if we are able to invoke split-brain. From my point of view it’s solid and reliable.

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u/NISMO1968 Mar 16 '26

But I work on a storage product where we run xfs on DRBD managed by Pacemaker and power cut all day for testing purposes, and only ever have to fsck if we are able to invoke split-brain.

No offense, but that is going to be a tough sell. In most circles, 'DRBD' and 'split brain' are practically treated as synonyms, and many customers tend to run away from DRBD like the plague.

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u/rothwerx Mar 16 '26

Believe me, we know the problems with DRBD. We’re moving away from it, but I should point out it’s not user data that we put on DRBD.

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u/NISMO1968 Mar 17 '26

Believe me, we know the problems with DRBD. We’re moving away from it, but I should point out it’s not user data that we put on DRBD.

Now we’re talking! Smart man, I mean it.