[NTLUG:Discuss] no more reiserfs

[Paul Ingendorf]

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On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 11:05:02PM -0600, Greg Edwards wrote:
> Considering the length of up times I'm not convenced that I need a
> journalling fs.  I haven't done any extensive research but what I have
> read does not make a compelling case to run journalling for any
> performance reasons.  If the primary gain is in length of the boot cycle
> I just don't see the need, not any more that is.

I'd truly suggest you give EXT3 a good try.  Remember that an EXT2
filesystem can be upgraded to EXT3, and then downgraded again, so
trying it out is cheap and easy.  And EXT3 benefits from all the
debugging that's gone into EXT2's code.

I've installed EXT3 on all my systems, and been very happy with it.
The advantage is not primarily in shorter boot times -- after all, how
often does one reboot a Linux system, anyway?

The true advantage is that when a crash _does_ occur, you're odds of
keeping your filesystem intact go up.  EXT3 makes sure that the inode
data stays in a consistent state, so there's nothing serious for fsck
to get upset about.  Remember that fsck's notion of "cleaning" a disk
is "Shoot all the files that aren't perfect.  Whatever's left is
clean."

I've had several systems go down hard (TU-Electric shorted out a
22kVolt line just outside my building), and so far I've never lost a
file on an EXT3 file system.

--
David Hayes
david at hayes-family.org

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Unfortunately it is the same game as reiser not a fully tested and accepted
fs.  I can see your evangelical stance but I take it this isn't a try it and
see for yourself type setup.