File system help needed

[Linflas]

We use ZENworks imaging where I work in conjunction with Novell Netware servers. I have been experimenting "outside the box" trying to save and restore images to local disks. Everything is fine until I get images greater than 4GB which is the limit that vfat (FAT32) can deal with. What I want to do is format a WD 500GB drive with a Linux filesystem that is capable of containing files greater that 4GB in size. What would be my best choice for this? Thanks much in advance.

 

[nweaver]

ext3 is the best overall choice for linux filesystems (imho)

 

[Nothinman]

All native Linux filesystems will hold files >4G. ext3 is the most compatible and a good middle ground, but I prefer an tend to use XFS whenever possible.

 

[Linflas]

Thanks I'm going to try this when I get back from vacation. I did figure out another way to do this by mounting a share using smbfs filetype but it would still be nice to be able to use the USB drive as an alternative.

 

[sciencewhiz]

I use XFS for large files for my OS images (4-20gb). I notice a huge performance deleting large files vs ext3. I use ext3 for everything else.