Re: [opensuse] Reiserfs unstable under load using large LV

Rikard Johnels wrote:
Never had any problems with XFS.
As people have stated; it cashes alot, so if you are unlucky and get at power
out at the wrong moment, the filesystem MAY corrupt.
But so far i have been lucky i guess. Even with power outs i havent had any
trashed drives (yet)

XFS is fast, reliable and scales well, or so i have read.
And besides; SGI wouldnt use it if it werent stable...



One thing Reiser supports is resizing with the LVM. Does XFS do that too?


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