[Novalug] ext4 vs. ext3 vs. ext2

American Dave novalug@soupy.org
Mon Sep 7 18:13:07 EDT 2009


On Mon, Sep 07, 2009 at 05:55:10PM -0400, Richard Ertel wrote:
> thanks for all the replies, everyone. based on all this info, i think
> i'll go with ext3 with relatime, but not with dir_index, as i have all
> my files organized into many folders, not many files per folder. and
> i'm more familiar with ext3 than with xfs, so i think i'll stay with
> that i know.

Though I'd not piped in, I say good choice.  I've trusted many bits to
EXT3 over the years and have been well-treated.  Not a speedy file
system, but a very reliable one.
-A. Dave



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