Hi! A system that is going to be running 24/7 (in practice), but will not have UPS (so, please, don't suggest that), which file system to run and how? Yes, it will have backups. Still, there is a data disk that should be kept alive... what is the safest way to go? I was initially thinking about ext3 + full journal of data and metadata. However, according to Wikipedia, this isn't safe from crash (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext3#No_checksumming_in_journal). However, it says that: "The ext3 barrier option is not enabled by default on almost all popular Linux distributions[citation needed] except openSUSE" Is this true (11.1)? And what does it mean and how do I check it? At least I didn't see the mentioned "barrier=1" in YaST - Partitioner. Wikipedia then mentiones that ext4 is released and that it is to fix this thing. However, again according to wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext4#Caveats) it again has different, but similar problems. Of course, with ext4 I would use the same journaling. So, what to choose and how to set up? Disk/Partition is 2Tb. The data will be mainly large photographs (RAW) and video files. Performance is important, but safety during power outages is more important. Separate system drive (Ext3). -- HG. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org