> From: jbk <j...@kjkelra.com> > > I haven't found a compelling reason to use another fs other than > ext4.
I'm conservative, so I've been using extN filesystems since, I think, I was running Slackware. Since then, I've taken to putting extN on top of LVM. And of course ext3 and ext4 have journaling, which has eliminated broken file systems due to system crashes. But I've changed to favor XFS, specifically because it supports copy-on-write copies. If I'm worried about messing up a medium-sized directory structure full of stuff, "cp -a --reflink=always ..." makes a backup astonishingly quickly. Beyond that new capability, I haven't noticed any significant changes from extN. I'm told ZFS is popular and supports copy-on-write, but it adds another layer of volume management, so I chose XFS as the path with lowest learning curve. Dale _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.blu.org https://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
