On Thu, Jan 07, 2010 at 11:26:05AM -0600, David C. Rankin wrote: > Guys, > > This is just a quick request to make sure I don't screw myself playing > with new technology. I have a server 5 existing ext3 partitions on a dmraid > array with several hundred gig of unpartitioned space. I have created the new > partition and I'm about the create the filesystem. With ext4 now available, > is there any reason I shouldn't go ahead and create the filesystem as ext4? > It will simply be another data partition to supplement /home that was created > rather small to begin with. > > Any thoughts or gotchas on using ext4 instead of ext3 for this?? No. There is no reason not to use ext4. It's a good all-around filesystem. Google are in the process of moving from ext2 to ext4.
Now, give me a reason why you should listen to me?
