Request comparison of relative strenths of thevariousjournaling file systems

[Net Llama!]

On Mon, 7 Apr 2003, Tim Wunder wrote:
> On 4/7/2003 8:26 AM, someone claiming to be Mel Roman wrote:
> > Thanks for your responses.  Here are some followup questions:
> >
> > Collins Richey <erichey2 at attbi.com> writes:
> <snip>
> >>2. Some like myself prefer EXT3 because it is "simpler" and a part of
> >>the standard kernel 2.4.x (and later) distribution.  I've used EXT3 for
> >>a couple of years, and it has always recovered successfully from
> >>emergency shutdowns.
> >
> >
> > How is it "simpler"?  I just installed ReiserFS for my test environment
> > and just had to specify which filesystem I wanted to use.  Can you clarify?
> >
>
> An ext2 partition can be converted into a journalled ext3 partition
> easily, with a single command, 'tune2fs -j <partition>'.
>
> Converting ext2 to ReiserFS or XFS is a little more complicated.

A little more complicated, as in , impossible.  YOu can't convert ext2/3
to reiserFS or XFS non-destructively.

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