I'd add that Reiser wants to be very extended. I don't think it's there yet, but it wants to turn the file system into a database.
Hans Reiser is basically copying what IBM did with OS\400. It's a great idea, but it's alot of work too... The next major version should be released pretty soon, I think. You'll find info on it at namesys.com. There is an EXCELLENT article if you follow the future vision link. It's a long article, but well worth reading if you're really into this type of stuff. Kev. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sig Magnuson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 2:52 PM Subject: Re: (clug-talk) File System?? > This may help > http://bulmalug.net/body.phtml?nIdNoticia=1154 > http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue55/florido.html > > My basic knowledge on this topic is this: > ext2 - non journaling > ext3 - journaling filesystem/ backward compatable with ext2 > reiserfs - journaling filesystem/ one of the newest and fastest > xfs - journaling filesystem/ from SGI IRIX, advanced built in quota support > jfs - journaling filesystem/ from IBM AIX > > > > > > Shawn Grover wrote: > > >Thanks to the recent discussion on Gentoo - I'm now looking at building a > >Gentoo based web/email server, with Samba. I started reading through the > >install guide last night, and it mentions that you need to setup a file > >system, but leaves the type of file system optional. One of the recent > >posts suggests the ReiserFS is good when many small files are used. Other > >than that, I don't know much about the differences in the file systems. Is > >there a decent site out there that discusses the pros and cons of each? If > >not, would someone knowlegable on the topic be willing to offer some > >comments? > > > >Thanks in advance. > > > >Shawn > > > > > > > > >
