Sam Leon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Hi I was reading http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/index.html and was >> amazed because XFS powerful features. But I'd like opinions if xfs >> should be a good alternative to ext3 in typical cases, or if it should >> be relegated to critical missions servers. > > From what I have read xfs and jfs can corrupt data quickly if the drive > is not properly unmounted first (ie, forced reboot, power outage) > > People generally stick with ext3 because there is more support for it.
What about speed? I've noticed that on some systems I use that have XFS filesystems, many file operations are sloooooooow -- in particular, deleting files seems to take forever. Ext2/3 seem much, much faster in general... -Miles -- Suburbia: where they tear out the trees and then name streets after them. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
