Here is some good info on the advantages and disadvantages of various file systems: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/388 http://www.debian-adminis

Here is some good info on the advantages and disadvantages of various file systems: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/388 http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/388 I've had good results with JFS, but with much less data than what you're dealing with. Chances are most information you find will not apply to such a large amount of data so you're probably going to be stuck doing your own benchmarks.