ext4 issues

[Matthew Flaschen]

Patricia Wilson wrote:
> Thanks very much for the replies, especially the Wikipedia reference. For a
> home system many of these advantages seem like overkill but I can see their
> value for engineering/scientific systems where enormous files are not
> uncommon. I expect I would use it on a work system.

It is /not/ just about enormous files/filesystems.  It has real
performance benefits for a desktop user.

Matt Flaschen