RH & XFS

[Net Llama!]

Mike Chambers wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Net Llama!" <netllama at linux-sxs.org>
> To: <linux-users at linux-sxs.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 8:23 PM
> Subject: Re: RH & XFS
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> 
> 
>>eeeek....good ol' ext3??  Try, unstable, don't bet your life on your
>>data, Ted T'so must have been stoned that night, ext3.
> 
> 
> What is wrong with ext3?  Not defending anything (yes I use Red Hat), but
> just want to know other's thoughts.

Its a bloody unstable mess in a production environment (as I alluded to 
above).   I've used it twice on boxes, and had a nightmarish experience 
both times.  One was a production server that self-corrupted itself. 
The other was a laptop that i left unplugged, and forgot about 
overnight.  Needless to say, it lost power, and the file system was 
swiss cheese afterwards.

I'm sorry, a *real* journaling filesystem shouldn't require a fsck from 
something as basic as a loss of power.

I've powered off boxes with XFS just for kicks, and they were back up as 
quickly as if they were properly rebooted.  THat is what a real 
journaling filesystem does.

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