On Sat, Feb 12, 2000 at 05:00:01PM +0000, Marek Narkiewicz wrote:
> I hope nobody minds this rather newbie remark but I have been attempting to follow
>this thread through its duration and was
> wondering if someone could explain now it's concluded which is the optimum
>filesystem to use for qmail in general and
> which is the best available under linux. And also will the offering from ibm to the
>OS community be worth watching for this
> application? Thanks all,
The answer is - it depends who you ask ;-)
I am of the opinion that Linux's ext2 filesystem is of high enough quality
(i.e. that this metadata issue just isn't an issue). As others have said
(including Linus himself), the "proof is in the pudding" - and Linux servers
don't tend to lose files.
[Obviously for apps where stability and reliability are important, not
dicking with the kernel, good hardware and UPSes are of course mandatory
requirements to the above statement.]
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Cheers
Jason Haar
Unix/Network Specialist, Trimble NZ
Phone: +64 3 3391 377 Fax: +64 3 3391 417
