[NTLUG:Discuss] [Bulk] Re: ext3 waste disk spaces then Windows ME?

[Robert Pearson]

On 4/29/06, Leroy Tennison <leroy_tennison at prodigy.net> wrote:
>
> This seems like as good a time as any to ask "Does anyone have a
> comparison of file systems?"  What are the good and bad points of each?

A good starting point is---

<<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems>>

There has been a excellent series of articles by Daniel Robbins, who
at that time was President/CEO of Gentoo, starting at---

<<http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-fs.html>>

The articles are from 2001 and so are a bit dated. The main focus is
ReiserFS but Daniel compares it to others. He also talks about the
trade-offs required to make your file system have the performance
characteristics you feel give you what you want.

The Sun ZFS filesystem is a coming thing. Some starting points are---

<<http://www.opensolaris.org/os/announcements/?monthYear=November+2005>>

<<http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/zfs/>>

<<http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/zfs/demos/basics/>>

<<http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/zfs/source/>>

There is a ZFS Blog out there somewhere. I can't find my link at the moment.

A very interesting read is---

<<http://www.opensolaris.org/os/article/2005-10-14_a_comparison_of_solaris__linux__and_freebsd_kernels/>>