Request comparison of relative strenths of thevariousjournaling file systems

[Net Llama!]

On 04/08/03 18:23, Collins Richey wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Apr 2003 09:57:16 -0400 (EDT)
> Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, 7 Apr 2003, Collins Richey wrote:
>> > If, however, you are wanting to build a server, you don't care much
>> > about keeping up with the latest in kernels, so XFS would be a fine
>> > choice, and most of the professionals on the list who bet their
>> > reputations on their servers seem to opt for that approach.
>> 
>> I'm not sure what you mean by this, as XFS has been, and is available
>> as a patch for each released official kernel, both 2.4.x & 2.6.x. 
>> I've been running it on 2.4.20 since 2.4.20 was released.
>> 
> 
> Yes, underline "released versions of the kernel."  Since some are
> interested in running the prepatch versions, they have to wait.  Not a
> problem unless you want or need to be an early user of the new
> features/fixes.

actually, if you're talking about Andrea's pre & rc releases, they are 
also supported via a cvs checkout of the XFS codebase.

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