> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael T. Babcock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]

> I would E-mail the reiserfs list and ask for whether ReiserFS 
> would be 
> better for a MySQL-only partition than ext3 and see what answers you 
> get.  In the worst case, you'll have some extreme "resierfs is always 
> better" responses that don't help you decide.  In the best 
> (and what I 
> think will happen), someone will tell you the differences in 
> CPU usage 
> or fast file access speeds or some such value that will mean 
> something, 
> or even that it is not actually going to make a difference.

If Nicholas does this, I hope he'll report back here with what he finds out.
I'm facing the same choice very soon, for a database that will eventually
have millions of entries (but each individual entry very small.)  I'm trying
to decide whether to go with reiserfs or ext3.  ext3's my current favorite,
but only because it's more of a known, stable quantity.

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