On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, Orlando Andico wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, Federico Sevilla III wrote:
> ..
> > Of course you can use your rupasov or tea hashed ReiserFS filesystems! But
> > is there a tool that can let you convert your old hash to a newer one? I
> > don't think so (correct me if I'm wrong). You have to back up your data.
> > Create a new filesystem with the new hash, then restore your data.
>
> Yes. You overlooked my point. Why change your hash? it's just used for
> sorting directory entries anyway.
>
> ..
> > Who is telling how many more on-disk format changes ReiserFS will have to
> > go through?
>
> Irrelevant. As long as the new version can read old disk formats. You're
> setting up a "straw man" argument here to support your personal
> preference.
>
I think that the most positive issue reiserfs has going for itself is that
aside from the "old reliable" ext2, no other linux-based file system
codebase has been tested, used, and tortured in both experimental and
production systems.
This says a lot for the maturity of the code, and the mere fact that Linus
has allowed it to be folded into the mainline kernel is a big plus. The
more people that use it, the more it will mature, and stabilize.
This cannot be said (as of now) for the up and coming file systems.
Personally, i'd like to see code from the Global File System get into the
mainstream. It includes in itself a journalling fs layer aside from the
fact that you can cluster your servers and truly offer redundancy and
load balancing for your network. There's so much effort at re-doing the
wheel, when what should actually be done is go one step higher...
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