On Windows World NTFS is the king, but in the UNIX World there are many choices today: HFS+, ext3, ext4, zfs (maybe), reiserfs, reiser4, etc.
What do you recommend, why and which are your remarks about this?
Which UNIX filesystem do you use and recommend for servers
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Best Answer
For Linux, I use ext3 on top of LVM. Use of LVM makes it easy to extend a partition later if I need more space. There are more choices, but my needs have never been extreme enough for me to have to performance test to see what was best for my circumstances.
Part of my reasoning for sticking with ext3 is that -- as the default filesystem for many varieties of Linux -- it will be one of the most thoroughly tested in a variety of different situations.
Someone with special needs -- a high performance server for example, or a filesystem that needs to hold an unusually large number of files or mostly very tiny files or mostly huge files -- should try a couple different filesystems to see what serves their needs better.