On Sat, 2009-05-02 at 21:01 +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > Martin Herrman wrote: > > All, > > > > After reading this: > > > > http://ext4.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Ext4_Howto#Converting_an_ext3_filesystem_to_ext4 > > > > do you have any experience with mounting your ext3 filesystems using the > > ext4 module? Is the performance improvement noticeable? > > There isn't because the existing files are still stored in the old > format. Only new files will benefit. > > The only useful way to jump on ext4 is to rsync all the filesystem > somewhere else, format as ext4 and then rsync back. > >
I copied important files (sqlite databases mostly) to get the benifits for them. I don't currently have any place big enough to back up the whole filesystem. Daniel
