Re: [Sheflug] ReiserFS vs. Ext3fs ... :-)

[Richard Lowe <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

* Chris J/#6 (cej [at] nccnet.co.uk) wrote:
> 
> At the possibility of making people go "argh", and a sudden loss of profits 
> at barber's and hairdresses[1] across Sheffield, does anyone have an idea 
> which is the, urrmmm, "best" (yes, very loose definition). I suppose a 
> better thing would be a comparison of the two ... currently searching 
> google without much luck.
> 
> So far, the only thing I've found is that converting from ext2 to ext3 is 
> just a case of typing a magic "tune2fs" command to create the journal, then 
> mounting as ext3, whereas ReiserFS requires a format, and hence backup and 
> restore each partition.

tune2fs -j.

I use ext3, but the only reason I used it, is the not having to
reformat, given the choice I would have used xfs.

> Toying around with plonking /a/ journalled file-system on, just Linux seems 
> to have them comming out its ears (XFS, JFS, ext3, Reiser) at the moment. 
> As (to my knowledge) XFS and JFS are still under heavy development, it's a 
> case of ext3 or Reiser.
> 

ext3 is pretty nice, but it is also under heavy development.
and I don't really like using a filesystem that requires patching the
kernel (the problem with boot disks etc, which luckily ext3 being
backward compatible solves, but it's still and issue with the others..)

> Suggestions on a postcard :)
> 

I use ext3, I like XFS, and I would consider reiserfs.. but my oppinion
is considerably uninformed.

> Chris...
> [1] as people pull their hair out sighting the oncoming flame-war akin to 
> emacs vs. vi ... or am I being overly pessimitic? :-)
> 
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