Reiser (was Re: [olug] UPS)

[Phil Brutsche]

William E. Kempf wrote:
>>It depends on whether speed, or data safety, is a concern.  ext3 with
>>the default of ordered data writes is one of the safest, but is far the
>>fastest.
> 
> I assume you meant "is far from the fastest"?

Uh, yep.

>>XFS, JFS, and until recently Reiser3 (ReiserFS v3, as opposed to the
>>recently released v4, which is a whole other ballbark) all journal only
>>the metadata, with varying levels of data safety.
> 
> 
> Hmm... seems Gentoo has Reiser4 available.  Is this stable and considered
> an improvement over ReiserFS?  IOW, would that be a switch I should
> investigate at this time?

IMO, no.  Reiser3 has been around for a while (IIRC it dates back to
early 2.4.x) and is pretty well-tested.  Can't really say the same for
Reiser4...  In 12 months or so things might be different.

>>In recent 2.6 (>= 2.6.6) kernels ordered writes have been implemented in
>>Reiser3 and are turned on by default.
> 
> 
> I'm running 2.6.7, so if I'm reading you right, there's no integrity
> issues for me?

Correct.

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Phil Brutsche
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