default file system, was: Comparison to Workstation Technical Specification

[David Cantrell]

On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 03:04:30PM -0800, Adam Williamson wrote:
> On Tue, 2014-02-25 at 15:53 -0700, Chris Murphy wrote:
> > adding desktop@ since they are also looking at file system options
> > 
> > On Feb 25, 2014, at 1:42 PM, Stephen Gallagher <sgallagh at redhat.com> wrote:
> > 
> > >> === File system ===
> > >> 
> > >> The default file system type for workstation installs should be 
> > >> btrfs.
> > > 
> > > The default file system is definitely up for some debate, but I'd make
> > > an argument for using XFS atop LVM[1] for the default filesystem in
> > > the Fedora Server, at least in part because Red Hat's storage experts
> > > have done the research for us already and determined that XFS is the
> > > recommended fit for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
> > 
> > XFS is a really good idea for Server.
> > 
> > Follow-up questions: 
> > 
> > - Can Server and Workstation WG's choose different defaults for their
> > product's installers?
> 
> Given my understanding of anaconda's architecture I don't believe this
> would *technically* present a significant problem. anaconda already has
> the concept of being used to install different products, and using
> different defaults for various things depending on what product it's
> being used to install: this is how RHEL can have different defaults from
> Fedora.a

If the Server and Workstation trees are separate composes, you can have a
different default filesystem.

> It would be best to ask the anaconda devs, though. Maybe they think it's
> a horrible hack and don't want to extend it any further than their
> paychecks require. CCing bcl and dcantrell.

It's not as horrible of a hack as it was in the past.

> In terms of *policy*, it'd be up to FESCo, I guess. It seems like a
> perfectly reasonable point of variance between products to me.

I say the default Fedora filesystem should be up for vote, much like FESCo
members or the code name for a release.

Thanks,

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David Cantrell <dcantrell at redhat.com>
Manager, Installer Engineering Team
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