JFS in Ubuntu

[Dotan Cohen]

2008/10/17 Mark Haney <mhaney at ercbroadband.org>:
> 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.
>

Where did you bury it? Huh?

> 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.
>

If that is the only advantage then I will just stick with ext3. Thanks.

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