Request comparison of relative strenths of the variousjournaling file systems

[Net Llama!]

On Mon, 7 Apr 2003, Mel Roman wrote:
> Thanks for your responses.  Here are some followup questions:
>
> Collins Richey <erichey2 at attbi.com> writes:
>
> > 1. Most people prefer XFS.  XFS has the one drawback that it is not part
> > of the 2.4.x kernel distribution; it will be packaged with the kernal in
> > 2.6.x.  This means you have to get the XFS patches, or find a distro
> > that has applied the patches.  The patches are not available for
> > pre-patch releases of the kernel.
> >
>
> Given this disadvatage, why do a lot of people on this list prefer XFS?

More mature, more reliable (in my experience), it scales on big iron far
better than the competitors.

> >Fewer people seem to be using reiserfs, although it is alwo a part of
> > the 2.4.x (and later) kernel distribution.
>
> Any reason why?

Cause it lacks the effortless transition of ext2/3, and lacks many of the
benefits of XFS.

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