Re: Reiser vs ext3

From: Stacy Waldrip (Please_at_Dont.eMail)
Date: 01/31/04 

Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 12:56:27 -0500

Randy Allen wrote:

> I'm getting ready to install a new Linux system on my laptop. What are
> the advantages and disadvantages of ext3 vs Reiser?

Reiser was the first journaling file system added to the Linux kernel. It
has undergone alot of testing and is very reliable. It was built from the
ground up. It reserves 32MB for its journal. It also is recommended if you
save alot of really small files because it maximizes the space they hold.

ext3 is just ext2 with journaling added. ext2 has undergone alot of testing
so ect3 should be reliable. It only uses 4MB for its journal, but it takes
5% of your disk space to reserve for root emergencies. This may not be
neccesary if you are recovering from a removable media source.
I'm not sure but I "think" that ext3 is well suited for really large files
(someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong).

Since your starting out fresh I would also reccomend something else. Don't
listen to the documentation on how large you should make your swap
partition. Instead, make it really ridiculously large! You can always go
back later and shrink it and use the space in between the partitions. This
is alot easier than having to shift your used partitions outward so that
you can increase the swap partition. (It is easier to shrink than it is to
expand)

HTH

Stacy

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