I wouldn't touch EXT[N] for anything but a system partition. XFS or JFS is almost a coin toss, but XFS seems like it is more active.
> Hi, > First of all, thanks for your previous tips on the Linux box, it was very > much appreciated. Â I'm reading the different filesystems, when would you > use XFS or JFS or ext4. Â If I'm correct currently Linux uses ext4, am i > right? Â From the reading both XFS and JFS look like a great choice. > > Thanks, > Aldo > > XFS This is a 64-bit, high-performance journaling > Â Â filesystem that provides fast recovery and can > Â Â handle large files efficiently. > JFS This is a 64-bit journaling filesystem that is fast > Â Â Â and reliable. It is better equipped to handle power > Â Â failures and system crashes. > ext4 The newest default filesystem for Linux distribu- > Â Â Â tions. It is backwards-compatible with the ext2 and > Â Â Â ext3 filesystems. Among ext4âs improvements over > Â Â Â Â ext3 are journaling, support of volumes of up to > Â Â Â Â one exbibyte (EiB) and files up to 16 tebibytes > Â Â Â Â (TiB) in size. > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss