[PLUG] Partitioning advice for development Linux database server

[Steve Jorgensen]

On Friday, May 10, 2002 2:07 PM, Don Buchholz [SMTP:don at truedisk.com] wrote:
> Steve Jorgensen wrote:
> > 
> > On Friday, May 10, 2002 8:35 AM, Wil Cooley [SMTP:wcooley at nakedape.cc] wrote:
> > > Also Sprach Steve Jorgensen <jorgens at coho.net> on Fri, May 10, 2002 at 03:53:52AM PDT
> ...
> > > > 2. What are some other considerations on what and how many partitions
> > > > to use on this box and what filesystems to use on each?  I'm leaning
> > > > toward a journaling filesystem, and I guess EXT3 is an obvious choice,
> > > > but is it considered well tested and trustworthy yet?
> > >
> > > Pretty much so.
> > 
> > Great - ext3, it is.
> > 
> 
> If you're planning on using RedHat 7.3, you might want to read:
> 
>    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2002-085.html
> 
> "Kernel panic on SMP systems with ext3 file systems ..."

Thanks.  The system will be single processor, and SuSE 7.3, so should be safe.