changeset 309:f18fdcbeba26

xfs, btrfs, lvm
author Sebastien Jodogne <s.jodogne@gmail.com>
date Tue, 04 Feb 2020 17:08:02 +0100
parents ab0077ab5f5f
children c13431b26e55
files Sphinx/source/faq/scalability.rst
diffstat 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/Sphinx/source/faq/scalability.rst	Tue Feb 04 14:28:03 2020 +0100
+++ b/Sphinx/source/faq/scalability.rst	Tue Feb 04 17:08:02 2020 +0100
@@ -68,3 +68,13 @@
 
 * You might also be interested in checking the options related to
   :ref:`security <security>`.
+
+* Consider using filesystems that are known to achieve high
+  performance, such as `XFS <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XFS>`__ or
+  `Btrfs <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Btrfs>`__ on GNU/Linux
+  distributions.
+
+* On GNU/Linux distributions, `LVM (Logical Volume Manager)
+  <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_Volume_Manager_(Linux)>`__
+  can be used to dynamically and easily grow the storage area as more
+  space becomes needed.