I run XFS on about 20-30+ linux machines. Never have any problems. Our main reason for using XFS was RFS seems to always have some type of problem. I got sick of it... Also, we cannot backup RFS partitions as there is NO dump/restore for the FS (maybe now they do?)
I don't even understand why anyone uses RFS. I played with the FS myself since the 2.2.x days (and 2.3 was only around 2.3.6). RFS never seemed to live upto it's promise. I gave up on it once I tried XFS v1.0. I've never looked back. Just go with what actually works NOW. XFS. And it beats the pants off of RFS. Sure.. maybe RFS is getting better... But who wants to patch thier kernel and FS everytime they change somthing? If you read Kernel Traffic ( http://kt.zork.net/kernel-traffic/kt20020121_151.html#3 ) ReiserFS is still under heavy development. They are always implementing things before they even have the userspace tools to back em up..... NFS, dump/restore, proven FS, fast, reliable, and rock-solid is XFS. I've even used the xfs_growfs on an activly mounted partition without problems! :) I don't understand how/why RFS got into the kernel... totaly blows me away.... On Sun, 2002-01-27 at 19:48, ngn wrote: > Hi folks, I'm doubting to choose two different journalled FS ( XFS or RFS ) > > My opinion is that XFS has the best performance in all the fields. > Furthermore it has additional features due to its porting of IRIX, but I > also read that for other people RFS is the best one. > > Also I read that RFS performs best in small and medium size files. However, > XFS performs best in big size files and in big partitions. > > Besides, I read different tests that shows that XFS is the best in almost > all the fields, but I also read people who said that those results were > false due to that kernel has not all the RFS neccesary patches. > > Well, like you see, there are different points of view, so I wanna hear > yours!!!!!! > > My machine is a Pentium II Celeron 266 MHZ, with a Seagate of 40 GB [20 GB > for linux] and 160 MB of RAM > > Thanks in advance > > Nicolas Gomez > Montevideo, URUGUAY > > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Bryan Whitehead SysAdmin - JPL - Interferometry Systems and Technology Phone: 818 354 2903 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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