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

[Leroy Tennison]

Robert Pearson wrote:
> 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>>
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> <<http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/zfs/>>
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> <<http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/zfs/demos/basics/>>
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> <<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/>>
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Thank you very much, I quickly discovered that there's more to file 
systems than I had imagined.