XFS

[Glenn Williams]

Thanks, Kurt:

I value your assessment.

Regards,

Glenn Williams - n0hn at abq-nm.com
Registered Linux User # 135678 - since 1994
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kurt Wall" <kwall at kurtwerks.com>
To: <linux-users at linux-sxs.org>
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 6:02 AM
Subject: Re: XFS


> Scribbling feverishly on April 27, Glenn Williams managed to emit:
> > Hi, Group:
> >
> > Last week someone said (Kurt Wall?) he prefers XFS over ext3,
reiserfs
> > and possibly others.  But I didn't see any reasons given for the
> > preference.
>
> XFS is a port from SGI's IRIX and has many years of use behind it,
> which does not apply to ext3, Reiser, and the other new Linux
> filesystems. XFS is the de facto standard for high-performance
> computing, especially the graphics rendering farms. To put it
> briefly, it is the only one with a track record. JFS is close, but my
> understanding, which could be incorrect, is that the port of JFS
> still has some issues.
>
> That said, I like and use ext3 here. In a mission-critical production
> environment, however, I'd use XFS.
>
> Kurt
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