[ale] ext3 v reiserfs

[matty91 at bellsouth.net]

On Sun, 14 Sep 2003, Greg wrote:

> Since you can strip the logs out of ext3 and get ext files, which can be
> exported to other OS's which have no ext3/reiserfs support, that could be a
> compelling reason to use ext3 - the ability to go to a more universally
> acceptable format.  However I think that only the BSD's are this way, as
> they use SoftUpdates to the ffs to solve the problems that logging are
> supposed to handle.  Don't know about Solaris.

Solaris incorporates UFS logging into their UFS implementation. For large
file systems, I would recommend deploying VxFS.

>
> I know that RH prefers ext3 while Suse prefers reiserfs, so I have stayed
> with using the preferred file system when using either RH or Suse, though
> you can change it if you want.
>
> Perhaps if you told the list what the problem/task is that you are trying to
> solve/accomplish better answers might come up, as well as other pertinient
> issues ?
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Greg
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org]On Behalf Of Jeff
> > Hubbs
> > Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2003 11:54 AM
> > To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> > Subject: Re: [ale] ext3 v reiserfs
> >
> >
> > Jim -
> >
> > According to Gentoo Linux' installation instructions, for file sizes of
> > 4K and below, reiserfs performance can be 10-15 times faster and it says
> > it scales well.   I guess the question becomes, when will you have
> > occasion to push around a large quantity of files like that?
> >
> > - Jeff
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 2003-09-14 at 11:08, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> > > I'm looking for some quick opinions (not trying to start a war) on why
> > > ppl might prefer reiser over ext3, or vice versa.  Does anyone know of
> > > some good independent benchmarks, etc.
> > >
> > > -Jim P.
> > >
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