[CVALE] Opinions on which FS?

[Steven Hollingsworth]

On Thu, Jun 21, 2007 at 11:20:29PM +0100, Gaijin wrote:
>      Hello again,
> 
>      I'm about to install Slackware v11 with the SpeakUp kernal and was
> wondering about partitioning the sucker.  I'm trying not to start a
> flamewar but want opinions on which file system is better, EXT3 or
> Reiserfs.  Are thereany pro's and con's?  I know EXT3, as I used it in
> Debian, but never researched Reiserfs, as everyone seemed to heading 
> EXT3's direction.

I know different file systems are good for different things.

Personally I use ext3 and reiserfs depending on what the partition is
going to be used for. Both seem to recover well from crashes too.

i.e. for sheer compatibility, ext3 is good because is uses the standard
ext2 file tools. [0]

I know reiserfs is great for a huge amount of very small files, and xfs
is great when dealing with _huge_ files. Some file systems have
different limitations in regards to file size limitations [1]

> Anybody know how to pronounce "Reiser," too? <laughs> 
>   My screen reader pronounces it either, "rye-sir" or "Ree-surfs." 
> Could be pronounced, "razor" for all I know.  TIA,

I believe it's pronounced "rye-sir"

HTH,

~ stevo

[0] - http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Filesystems/journaling-filesystems.html
[1] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems