[vdr] Re: Filesystem pros & cons

[Johannes Schöller <schoeller@izeman.net>]

> On Saturday 23 August 2003 19:06, Lauri Tischler wrote:
> > I've been using reiserfs for /video for sometime now,
> > appears to work ok.
> > Now I'm about to add some more disk into the box.
> > Any pros or cons about reiserfs versus ext3 ?
>
> Really hard to tell - i heard some people had real trouble with reiser i
can
> not confirm - even after disk-fulls, complete system-lockups,
power-failures
> and lot's of fsck's anythings still here.
>
> In the office i had recently really big trouble with ext3 - someone pulled
> the plug out of the wall and afterwards the system was unusable _despite_
> ext3 is the only system with "metadata" spooling (the complete /etc and a
lot
> else was in lost+found - but i was easier to reinstall than to recover the
> cryptic files)
> - that never happened to me in 4 years of reiserfs...
>
> xfs is also named for it's stability - has someone experiences with it
under
> above hard conditions?
>
> The major "disadvantage" of reiserfs is it supposed slow performance for
> large files - i can confirm that a "normal" reiserfs get's into trouble
with
> 92%++ if also a lot of small files are stored on it. BUT - since i mount
the
> video partion "notail" (see manpage) i observed no problems at all - it
> should be as fast as xfs (which is supposed to be "bloated" ???)
>
> On the other side - i really like the "tail-packing" as it does really
good
> for partitions with lot's of smaller files (as are icons, gifs,
> browser-caches, small configuration files) - it brings space and speed
here..
>
> I'am still eager to try out xfs ASAP i get my new system...

i use xfs for a long time here for my two /videoX disks. no problem at all.
everything very stable and fast. even with the hds running nearly 100%
filled.

regards hannes!

Johannes Schoeller
<schoeller@izeman.net>




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