On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 18:55:07 +0600 (LKT) Grendel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> NOOOO! Please DONT install ext3, ext3 is just a ext2 file system with > journalling support. ext2 is a slow file system and ext3 is even > slower, it also has to keep a kjournald thread running taking up your > CPU. > > PLease dont use a slow decadent file system like ext3. > > If you want the fastest performance ie you are handling large files > then XFS is the best. Second would be reiserfs. > Reiserfs is a stable file system, if you run a 2.4.20 or above kernel > reiserfs should be stabler than ext3. > I can't disagree with much of what you have to say, but my experience (and I've read numerous other reports) with reiserfs has been less than sterling. When it fails, it fails big time, i.e. not just a few files, but loss of fs. Most of my respondents on another mailing list wouldn't use anything except XFS. I'm waiting for stability on 2.6. There are a lot of XFS patches going into 2.6 as we speak. My recommendation for ext3 was not based on performance, just on years of rock-solid, error free operation. ext3 may be somewhat slow, but I've never lost any data with ext3. Thanks, -- Collins - Denver Area - Gentoo stable kernel 2.6.2-rc1 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
