Re: ext4 stable enough to entrust it with data?

2009-08-01 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On 01.07.09 21:59, lee wrote: Well, I could live with that. But I just went with ext4 for the new disks and made a new FS on /tmp to convert it to ext4. At some time I might convert /var to ext4. Unless I needed a really big /tmp, I've been using /tmp on tmpfs for years (mfs on FreeBSD, tmpfs

Re: ext4 stable enough to entrust it with data?

2009-07-01 Thread lee
On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 08:53:43PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: On 2009-06-30 20:40 +0200, lee wrote: Anyway, getting the new disks brings up the question which file system to use. It seems you can convert ext3 to ext4 later, so I'm thinking of using ext3 for now and maybe converting later.

ext4 stable enough to entrust it with data?

2009-06-30 Thread lee
Hi, is ext4 in kernel 2.6.30 stable enough to entrust it with data, or should I better wait and stick with ext3? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: ext4 stable enough to entrust it with data?

2009-06-30 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 09:10, leel...@yun.yagibdah.de wrote: Hi, is ext4 in kernel 2.6.30 stable enough to entrust it with data, or should I better wait and stick with ext3? It should be, that is why they marked it stable in .29. I don't know that I would use it for business yet, but for

Re: ext4 stable enough to entrust it with data?

2009-06-30 Thread Andreas Juch
Am Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:10:58 -0600 schrieb lee l...@yun.yagibdah.de: Hi, is ext4 in kernel 2.6.30 stable enough to entrust it with data, or should I better wait and stick with ext3? I'm using ext4 since 2.6.28 and didn't have any problems with it. Backups are always a good idea, not only

Re: ext4 stable enough to entrust it with data?

2009-06-30 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 09:53, Andreas Juchdebian-u...@juch.cc wrote: disks can fail too... Yes, yes they can. Cheers, Kelly Clowers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: ext4 stable enough to entrust it with data?

2009-06-30 Thread lee
On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 06:53:04PM +0200, Andreas Juch wrote: Am Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:10:58 -0600 schrieb lee l...@yun.yagibdah.de: Hi, is ext4 in kernel 2.6.30 stable enough to entrust it with data, or should I better wait and stick with ext3? I'm using ext4 since 2.6.28 and didn't

Re: ext4 stable enough to entrust it with data?

2009-06-30 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2009-06-30 20:40 +0200, lee wrote: Anyway, getting the new disks brings up the question which file system to use. It seems you can convert ext3 to ext4 later, so I'm thinking of using ext3 for now and maybe converting later. On the first glance, there doesn't seem to be a disadvantage with

Re: ext4 stable enough to entrust it with data?

2009-06-30 Thread Andreas Juch
Am Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:53:43 +0200 schrieb Sven Joachim svenj...@gmx.de: On 2009-06-30 20:40 +0200, lee wrote: Anyway, getting the new disks brings up the question which file system to use. It seems you can convert ext3 to ext4 later, so I'm thinking of using ext3 for now and maybe

Re: ext4 stable enough to entrust it with data?

2009-06-30 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 12:26, Andreas Juchdebian-u...@juch.cc wrote: Am Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:53:43 +0200 schrieb Sven Joachim svenj...@gmx.de: On 2009-06-30 20:40 +0200, lee wrote: Anyway, getting the new disks brings up the question which file system to use. It seems you can convert ext3

Re: ext4 stable enough to entrust it with data?

2009-06-30 Thread Mike Castle
On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 11:40 AM, leel...@yun.yagibdah.de wrote: It seems you can convert ext3 to ext4 later, so I'm thinking of using ext3 for now and maybe converting later. If you go this route, be sure you use a later kernel, .28+. .26 has known issues with mixing extent/non-extent files

Re: ext4 stable enough to entrust it with data?

2009-06-30 Thread Andreas Juch
Am Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:40:56 -0700 schrieb Mike Castle dalgoda+deb...@gmail.com: On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 11:40 AM, leel...@yun.yagibdah.de wrote: It seems you can convert ext3 to ext4 later, so I'm thinking of using ext3 for now and maybe converting later. If you go this route, be sure