[ubuntu-in] Which is the best filesystem to use??

[Kingsly John]

+++ Moz [2009-04-03 21:17:14]:

>     Choosing a filesystem because it's "power outage resistant" is not
>     logical at all.  No file system is geared for power outages which is a
>     physical failure.  So singling out ext4 is bad because you can suffer
>     just as bad a corruption on a power outage on any filessytem.
> 
> Sure, I understand that. I have never said that ext4 is bad. In fact, what
> is bad is that I can not use it. Would you point out where I have said ext4
> is bad?

I said "singling out ext4 is bad" ... very different from what you construed
it as.

> Very true. And in addition to the UPS, I have solar energy and a
> windturbine providing me backups. However, in spite of these, power can
> fail. And does fail once in a year or some times more frequently. Perhaps
> that is not an issue for you, but it is for me. And so I remain with ext3,
> and yes, I do realise that this also may fail some time and I might loose
> data...

Your PC can talk to the UPS and go for a clean shutdown when they are running
low on charge. 

Kingsly
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