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On Sonntag 21 Februar 2010, Mick wrote: |
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> On 21 February 2010 14:03, Volker Armin Hemmann |
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> <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > On Sonntag 21 Februar 2010, Mick wrote: |
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> >> I know that some of you have been using reiser4 for some years now. |
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> >> How does it compare in performance and reliability in terms to |
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> >> reiserfs and xfs? |
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> > they don't even come close in performance. XFS sucks with files who are |
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> > not multi megabyte in size. |
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> >> A few years ago I remember there were problems compiling or running |
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> >> some applications/libraries on reiser4 - are these problems now over? |
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> >> Any gotchas? |
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> > a loooong time ago there was a bug when compiling kde and without |
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> > compression. Fixed shortly afterwards, never had a problem again. |
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> Thanks Volker for a prompt reply. Is reiser4 still being developed, |
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> or is Linux now moving towards ext4? |
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linux is moving toward btrfs. ext4 is just a stop gap measure. One that is |
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only a good alternative if you don't care about your data. |
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btw, the one point that kept resier4 out was 'layer violations'. |
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Interesstingly btrfs is nothing but a huge 'violation' ... |
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And yes, Edward is still working on it. |
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