you mite also notice that they had to build it like that to survive all the reboots it had to endure .... other file systems we designed with performance not saftey in mind :)
P ----- Original Message ----- From: "Redeeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gentoo Maillinglist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 3:54 PM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] XFS > now we talk about filesystems, i have lost my respect to many > filesystems, if the power fails while doing stuff on reiserfs and ext3 i > loose files, that _NEVER_ happend to me with fat32, and it doesent even > have a journal, and yet, i have fat32 for my stuff, and ext3 for my > system, and if power goes, i might loose files on my ext3, but NEVER on > my fat32 > > On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 14:28, Jens Mayer wrote: > > * On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 07:56:43 -0500, brett holcomb wrote: > > > > > Use what you want. I run XFS on all my Gentoo boxes even > > > though they are workstations essentially. I like the > > > reliablity of it and the ease/speed with which it repairs. > > > > I can second that. If you ask people about their > > prefered filesystem, you will have some that praise > > XFS, some that choose Reiser, others that do ext3. > > > > Chances are high that you will also hear horrible > > stories about all of those filesystems, based on > > real users experiences. > > > > Personally, I'm running XFS on servers both in > > our university and at home and had no troubles > > so far, even after power outtakes. > > > > Another big plus of XFS is xfsdump/xfsrestore > > which makes backups much easier. ;) > > > > Regards, > > Jens > -- > Regards, Redeeman > () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail > /\ - against microsoft attachments > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
