> The proposed filesystem is most likely Reiserfs. This is a true
> journalling filesystem with a radically non-traditional layout.
> It is no problem to put millions of files in a single directory.
> (actually, the all-in-one approach performs better than a tree)
>
> XFS and JFS are similarly capable, but Reiserfs is well tested
> and part of the official Linux kernel. You can get the Reiserfs
> team to support you too, in case you want to bypass the normal
> filesystem interface for even better performance.
It should be noted that simply because something is tested and a part of a
release, it is not automatically wonderful. My last experiance with linux
was in the 2.2 days, and ended with a lost root filesystem while attempting
to access an msdosfs drive.
>From what I've read, mixing reiserfs and nfs is about as exciting as the
stock market has been in the last few months.
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