Hi, > Does any have any preferences to which journalized filesystem I should > use in MDK 9.0. I am assuming there is still three to choose from. I'm > trying to research which is "best", but only finding older material. > Does anyone have a preference? Why? Which filesystem is the default > now? I want to map out my choices before I get there.
Sridhar wrote this in August: > On Fri, 9 Aug 2002 18:12:43 +0100, Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> My ext2 partitions are now ext3 - I couldn't fathom the Control Centre route, >> but the command line couldn't have been simpler. >> >> For future reference - i.e. when I move on to Mandrake 9 - I get the >> impression that there are a number of problems with some of the file systems, >> with Reiser being probably the least problem. Is this right? > > I am not aware of any problems with Mandrake 9.0 specifically. I have read that > XFS doesn't like certain kernel optimisations like preempt and low-latency, but > Mandrake won't be including those anyway. I like to compile my own kernels with > these patches included (they can make a big difference to system performance), > so I avoid XFS. Otherwise, XFS appears to be a very reliable and fast > filesystem. For most normal operations, ext3 is the slowest, even with only > metadata journalling enabled (unlike the other journalling FSs, ext3 can journal > _all_ of your data, which is safer but much slower). Its strengths are in > database transaction speeds and its forward and backward compatibility with > ext2. I personally think ReiserFS is the best for home systems. It is reasonably > fast, being exceptionally speedy with small (sub-100K) files. It has had > problems in the past, but they seem to have been ironed out in the more recent > releases. JFS is very space-inefficient (each file takes about double the > space), but is arguably the fastest FS. It also has problems with fragmentation, > so you need to periodically defrag it (just like with Windows and FAT/NTFS). > > Of these filesystems, ReiserFS is probably the most complex (using features like > B-trees, etc.). It is also the only journalling FS that has been designed from > scratch, the others being the continuation of preexisting FSs. Nevertheless, it > has proven to be quite robust in actual use, so I wholeheartedly recommend it. > > -- > Sridhar Dhanapalan > > If Bill Gates had a dime for every time a Windows box crashed... > ...Oh, wait a minute, he already does. -- HTH Roman
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