Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 27 May 1999 12:11:48 -0700 | From | Dan Koren <> | Subject | Re: XFS and journalling filesystems |
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Alan Cox wrote: > > > journalling filesystem will be opensourced this summer) what is "the > > panel's" view of the continuing devlopment of ext3/whatever the linux > > jfs will be called. Should we adopt XFS as the defacto replacement for > > ext2? > > XFS is 50,000 odd lines of mainframe class filing system code.
You're understimating it... :)
> Its unlikely to be the ideal fs for a small appliance or a > desktop at home even if it kicks butt as a server fs. > > Alan
Quite the contrary. The fewer disk spindles on a system, the greater the performance gains from XFS' very sophisticated i/o scheduling. In addition, XFS code is layered neatly enough that unwanted features/options can be left out if one so wants.
thx,
Dan Koren Dan.Koren@sgi.com Engineering Manager, File Systems phone: (USA) 650-933-3678 Silicon Graphics, Inc. pager: (USA) 888-769-0874 1600 Amphiteatre Pkwy. M/S 08U-500 or dkoren_p@pager.sgi.com Mountain View, CA 94043-1351 fax: (USA) 650-933-3542
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