Filesystem used other than ext3.

[John Thompson]

Badli Al Rashid wrote:

> Just wondering , does anyone use other filesystem than ext3? as im used 
> to installed using the default fs which is ext3. i know that we can use 
> the "linux reiserfs" or "linux jfs" option but whats the use of using 
> other fs rather than the default?
> 
> does it impact performance for the server, example mail, fileserving 
> with samba etc?

I have mostly ext3 filesystems, but I have a 200G RAID array using xfs. 
  It works nicely, doesn't need the occaissional forced fsck like ext3 
("/dev/whatever has been mounted nnn times; check forced"), and has more 
filesystem tools available than reiserfs.

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-John (john at os2.dhs.org)