ext3 Bug in 2.4.20

[Net Llama!]

On 12/03/02 16:59, Douglas J Hunley wrote:
> Net Llama! spewed electrons into the ether that resembled:
>> ReiserFS seems to have matured alot faster than ext3.
> 
> again, apples to oranges. reiserfs is a completely new codebase. it's easy for 
> them to say "oops, here's why that broke. to fix it, we re-wrote everything." 
> ext3 doesn't have that luxury. but, I still don't see you clarifying what 
> "issues" you've had with ext3. it's run the mothership without issue since it 
> was an alpha patch against the 2.2.x kernels.

Issues with ext3:
1) Really bad IO performance when compared to XFS.  Ever tried to copy 
6GB files on ext3 and then on XFS?
2) fscks that take longer than the .2 sec that XFS takes in recovery mode

Those are more than enough for my taste.  I want my data, and i want it now.

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