Thanks, Kurt: I value your assessment.
Regards, Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 - since 1994 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kurt Wall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 6:02 AM Subject: Re: XFS > Scribbling feverishly on April 27, Glenn Williams managed to emit: > > Hi, Group: > > > > Last week someone said (Kurt Wall?) he prefers XFS over ext3, reiserfs > > and possibly others. But I didn't see any reasons given for the > > preference. > > XFS is a port from SGI's IRIX and has many years of use behind it, > which does not apply to ext3, Reiser, and the other new Linux > filesystems. XFS is the de facto standard for high-performance > computing, especially the graphics rendering farms. To put it > briefly, it is the only one with a track record. JFS is close, but my > understanding, which could be incorrect, is that the port of JFS > still has some issues. > > That said, I like and use ext3 here. In a mission-critical production > environment, however, I'd use XFS. > > Kurt > -- > Magnocartic, adj.: > Any automobile that, when left unattended, attracts shopping > carts. > -- Sniglets, "Rich Hall & Friends" > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL. > _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
