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> Hi.
> 
>   I am will install SL-4.2 in a cluster linux and I am in doubt about the
> partitions and filesystems schema used by the comunit. We have 4x146GB disks,
> the ideia is to have on with the /home (ext3 with quota) of the users ant the
> other three make a huge scratch area. The question is, for this scratch which
> is the best filesystem? Simply ext3 or is better to use reiserfs or openAFS?
> 
>   Thanks

If this is a scratch area, I would make it ext3.
Why?
I believe ext3 is the best 'all around' file system.  And if you have a 
scratch area, that is what you are going to get.  A wide variety of files.

The other two that would be an option (though neither is 'officially' 
supported in scientific linux) would be reiser or xfs.
OpenAFS, and GFS, both are not options.  They are both distributed file 
systems, and definatly not the right tool for the job.

Troy
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