which file system to use

[David Abrahams]

Alexander Skwar <listen at alexander.skwar.name> writes:

> · David Abrahams <dave at boost-consulting.com>:
>> ubuntu at rio.vg writes:
>
>>> The more important part of the quote though, was the "late 2006"
>>> estimation on adding it to the boot possibilities of Solaris.  This
>>> suggests that it is still not a mature system on Solaris.
>> 
>> I guess it depends how you measure "mature."  Is LVM mature yet?
>> 'cause if I'm not mistaken, you still can't use an LVM logical volume
>> for /boot on Linux.
>
> You can, but not with grub. Thus, grub isn't mature ;)

It works with LILO?   Why did ubuntu switch to grub by default then?

>>> Yes.  This means the filesystem will be slower, 
>> 
>> ...than it would be otherwise, yes.  How it will fare against other
>> filesystems remains to be measured.
>
> Guts feeling: It'll slower.

There's a lot to consider when you start talking about the RAID-Z
model vs. software RAID-5, which has its own overheads.  My gut is
untrained, though :)

>> Maybe not needless.  At least, I'd like to know the details.  From
>> what I've read from "Linux people" who've been looking at the
>> OpenSolaris code, its standard of quality is far above what they've
>> been given to expect.
>
> But does that mean, that the quality is high? ;)

Not necessarily, of course.  Yes, the jury is still out, but I like
the signs I've seen so far, and I don't think my optimism is entirely
unwarranted.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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