On 28 Dec, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Montag 28 Dezember 2009, Helmut Jarausch wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm looking for a working and maintained compressed filesystem. >> I'd like to use it for backing up my root and my /usr filesystems, >> so that I can use rsync to keep it up-to-date. >> >> I've come across CompFused which seems to be just what I'm looking for, >> but it's buggy not maintained anymore. >> >> Similarly, fusecompress >> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=127433 >> doesn't build on an up-to-date Gentoo system and doesn't >> look maintained either. >> >> There would be sys-fs/zfs-fuse but that sounds like overkill to me. >> >> Are there any other packages? >> >> Many thanks for a hint, >> Helmut. >> > > reiser4. Bonus, it only tries to compress stuff that can be compressed (the > test is quick&dirty and sometimes wrong, but most of the time good enough). >
Thanks! But what's the future of reiser4 FS ? What are the advantages compared to btrfs ? Many thanks, Helmut. -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany
