which file system to use

[David Abrahams]

Tom Smith <tom71713-ubuntu at yahoo.com> writes:

> Just for the record, I prefer to have a balance of stability and
> performance--but I hold stability in much higher regard than
> performance. For this reason, I decided to continue using the tried
> and true ext3 file system. It's been around a long time, has a proven
> track record of reliability, and has robust and feature rich file
> system tools.
>
> Some of the other file systems have promise, but none really came
> close to ext3 when looking at the big picture.

ZFS is coming to Linux.  For my server I'm probably sticking with a
tuned ext3 until ZFS comes along (and the Linux implementation
stabilizes); RAID-Z is so good that it's really a no-brainer for me.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com