Slower performance with ext4

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- On Fri, 10/30/09, Steve Flynn <anothermindbomb at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Steve Flynn <anothermindbomb at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Slower performance with ext4
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: Friday, October 30, 2009, 6:38 AM
> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 10:58
> AM,  <fyrbrds at netscape.net>
> wrote:
> >   >Data loss anyone?<
> >
> > What evidence do you have that there would be data
> loss? ext2 and ext3 were
> > used almost immediately after their release as well.
> The distro maintainers
> > usually do some basic reliability tests or at least
> have access to such
> > tests. So I would be happy to read any tests you've
> seen that suggest ext4
> > is unreliable. To start scaring people with talk of
> data loss based on
> > random speculation would not be good.
> 
> It's not random specualtion:
> 
> http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ext4+dataloss+reports&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a
> 
> 
Reading the first couple of items shown in your above link it does appear to have been fixed in both Jaunty and Karmic.  Your comment may not be random speculation but it does appear to be outdated.  I'm using Karmic Beta 64 bit and have not experienced any data loss, thanks for that.
Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net