Reliable file systems

JsPr ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org
Sat Nov 6 17:19:00 UTC 2004


Benjamin Roe Wrote: 
> > Again, there are some aspects of filesystem operation that are outside
> > the control of the filesystem itself. That said, ext3 is likely the
> > single most reliable journaled filesystem you are likely to find (as
> it
> > is in heavy use everywhere, and builds directly on ext2 which has
> many
> > years of use to shake any bugs out of it). In my humble view,
> Reiserfs
> > tends to lean a little too much towards features as opposed to
> stability
> > (for me, there is no such thing as too much stability when it comes
> to
> > filesystems).
> > 
> 
> Yes, I've had endless trouble with Reiser. I've never even found it to
> be that fast, either. Time to switch to ext3, perhaps.
> 
> Ben
> 
> 
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I have used ReiserFS for one or two years now and have had no troubles
(touch wood). IMHO ReiserFS seems faster than ext3 but I have not done
any scientific research to support this.
I use it as I type. :-)


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