Filesystem for Apache with MariaDB for Web-based ERP

[spooner]

Hello,
I don't have so much expirence with linux.
Now I have to install a VM for Dolibarr ERP System.
It require a Apache Webserver with a MariaDB.
Which file system should I use?
BTFS?

Thanks, Regards
Arthur

[lewulff]

Which hypervisor are you using?

The file system does not really matter to Apache2 or MariaDB. It will depend on your needs.

For example if you are using a single drive and doing regular backups, then EXT4 or LVM should work fine. If you need a degree of fault tolerance, fast recovery, or features like snapshots, then you are probably looking at file systems like BTFS or ZFS.

So the first thing you need to do is define your needs and requirements for the VM.

[spooner]

Hello,
my Hyper-Visor is Microsoft Hyper-V
I want to build to virtual HDD.
SDA for the System and SDB for the Data.
I want to backup the whole vm
Maybe I need to expand the hard disk in the future.
Regards Arthur

[lewulff]

LVM, XFS, or BTFS should work, and make it easy to adjust drive size latter. With a single drive there is probably no hardware reason to chose one ove the other.

Now would be a perfect time to create several smaller temporary VM's, and test out each of the file systems. You may find out you like one file systems tool set better than the others.