-----Original Message----- From: Jon Nelson [mailto:jnelson-suse@jamponi.net] Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 8:03 AM To: ReymanX Cc: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] Which better journalled FS
On Mon, 10 Jan 2005, ReymanX wrote:
Hi All,
Maybe it's not the first time someone asked about which FS is the best for server, but I really like to have an overview which one is better for server and for desktop. Is it reiserfs, ext3 or xfs ? Does it matter what FS I should install for server or for desktop ?
First, a warning: you might as well ask for what the best food is. You are going to get as many opinions as eyebrows. Everybody's needs, priorities, willingness to live with issues, and so on is different.
That said, I'd use ext3. In 9 years I haven't had data loss due to filesystem bugs with the ext2 (and later ext3) family. Reiser does NOT deal with bad blocks or other kinds of failure well. Ever single time I've tried reiser I've had data loss. Last time I used it was a year or two ago.
These days I've been playing with IBM's jfs quite a bit, although I think ext3 with directory indexing (2.6) is the best combination of reliability and good speed. I wouldn't touch xfs unless you had very special needs.
-- Carpe diem - Seize the day. Carp in denim - There's a fish in my pants!
Jon Nelson
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XFS was a bad choice with the original 9.1 release. I lost some data there when I upgraded from 9.0, and had to reformat the partition to get the install to continue. That, and a mistake on my part when backing up the data. I messed up on the backup. Currently, after a recent reinstall, I'm running the default Reiserfs on my / partition, and JFS on the /home partition. What can I say, I like to experiment (home computer).