> Simon Geard wrote: > > Hi all... > > > > I'm about to start on a hardware upgrade, which includes moving all my > > data to a new disk. My current setup uses reiserfs3 for both root and > > home partitions, but I'm wondering if anything else might be more > > preferable since I'm starting from a clean disk. > > > > Can anyone comment on what else is currently available, and what would > > be most appropriate for a desktop machine? Keep reiser3? Good old Ext3? > > XFS or JFS? > > > > Simon. > > > I've switched from reiserfs-3.6 back to ext3, but in full-journal mode, > since i saw the following forum-thread :- > > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-305871.html > > I've been extremely happy with my system's performance ever since. It > should also theoretically allow straightforward upgrading to ext4 when > it becomes stable enough in the future (as far as i know - would those > more knowledgeable please correct me if necessary). > > taipan
Journaling is the way to go. Mythtv recommends XFS, it has the highest throughput with bigger files. If you don't have those much, ext3 is great :) Lauri -- _______________________________________________ Surf the Web in a faster, safer and easier way: Download Opera 9 at http://www.opera.com Powered by Outblaze -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
