JFS in Ubuntu

[Mark Haney]

Dotan Cohen wrote:
> On the Ubuntu Unlashed blog, it has been suggested that users use the
> jfs filesystem a opposed to ext3:
> http://www.ubuntu-unleashed.com/2008/10/upgrade-from-hardy-heron-to-ubuntu.html
> 
> Is this bad avice? Any gotchas?
> 

Well, just because it's offered as advice, doesn't mean you have to take 
it.  JFS is a good filesystem.  I use it in various capacities.  I 
/used/ to use reiserfs in those cases, but with the whole problem with 
Hans, I've dropped it like it was on fire.

I personally like ext3, but I've been really digging ext4. Even 
experimentally it's just as good as any other filesystem of those types.

But back to the topic.  JFS is a good filesystem.  Use it if you want. 
I don't see it as good advice or bad advice.  Just advice.  The 
performance of the filesystem really depends on your hardware specs, so 
YMMV.

Personally, unless you're dealing with HUGE filesystems 
(multi-terabytes), ext3 is just as good as any of them.


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