Re: [ubuntu-in] Which is the best filesystem to use??

2009-04-06 Thread Kingsly John
+++ Moz [2009-04-03 21:17:14]: > Choosing a filesystem because it's "power outage resistant" is not > logical at all. No file system is geared for power outages which is a > physical failure. So singling out ext4 is bad because you can suffer > just as bad a corruption on a power

Re: [ubuntu-in] Which is the best filesystem to use??

2009-04-03 Thread Moz
Hi Kingsly, Tricky question. People would swear by a file system as ideal. I have read that ext4 has zero tolerance for powerouts and much greater chance of it being corrupted in such circumstances, so it is out of question for people like me. Choosing a filesystem because

Re: [ubuntu-in] Which is the best filesystem to use??

2009-04-03 Thread Kingsly John
+++ Moz [2009-04-01 22:24:38]: > Tricky question. People would swear by a file system as ideal. I have > read that ext4 has zero tolerance for powerouts and much greater chance > of it being corrupted in such circumstances, so it is out of question > for people like me. Choosing a filesystem b

Re: [ubuntu-in] Which is the best filesystem to use??

2009-04-02 Thread Manish Sinha (मनीष सिन्ह ा)
निशांत / Nishant wrote: > None till date, but that is no guarantee that it can't happen in > future. If you are in a situation that you need to rebuild tree, its > the most scariest. > Yeah! Heard about it. Am safe since I run Ubuntu on laptop which has a power-backup from battery. Still X-cra

Re: [ubuntu-in] Which is the best filesystem to use??

2009-04-02 Thread निशांत / Nishant
> Nishant, > Just wanted to ask whether there is any data loss due to unclean > shutdowns? Even partial corruption? None till date, but that is no guarantee that it can't happen in future. If you are in a situation that you need to rebuild tree, its the most scariest. Best thing is fastest recove

Re: [ubuntu-in] Which is the best filesystem to use??

2009-04-02 Thread Manish Sinha (मनीष सिन्ह ा)
निशांत / Nishant wrote: >> Hmmm OK. Just thought that there were better filesystems than ext3 out >> there. Will upgrade it now :) >> > > My home machine is running continously for the last 3 years amidst > unclean shutdowns due to power outages at least twice a week. > Filesystem is reiserfs

Re: [ubuntu-in] Which is the best filesystem to use??

2009-04-02 Thread Mehul Ved
2009/4/1 Moz : > Tricky question. People would swear by a file system as ideal. I have > read that ext4 has zero tolerance for powerouts and much greater chance > of it being corrupted in such circumstances, so it is out of question > for people like me. I have been using ext4 on arch linux since

Re: [ubuntu-in] Which is the best filesystem to use??

2009-04-02 Thread निशांत / Nishant
> > Hmmm OK. Just thought that there were better filesystems than ext3 out > there. Will upgrade it now :) My home machine is running continously for the last 3 years amidst unclean shutdowns due to power outages at least twice a week. Filesystem is reiserfs on Debian Etch. regards, Nishant --

Re: [ubuntu-in] Which is the best filesystem to use??

2009-04-02 Thread Fabian Enos
On 4/2/09, "Manish Sinha (मनीष सिन्हा)" wrote: > Come on Fabian, even if you upgrade to ext3 ,that would be much better > than ext2. You can even give reiserfs a try. I prefer all stable > filesystems perfectly suitable for the job. Like ext3, reiserfs, XFS > etc. Waiting for ZFS. Hmmm OK. Just

Re: [ubuntu-in] Which is the best filesystem to use??

2009-04-02 Thread Manish Sinha (मनीष सिन्ह ा)
Fabian Enos wrote: > @Manish: I currently use ext2 > Come on Fabian, even if you upgrade to ext3 ,that would be much better than ext2. You can even give reiserfs a try. I prefer all stable filesystems perfectly suitable for the job. Like ext3, reiserfs, XFS etc. Waiting for ZFS. -- Manish

Re: [ubuntu-in] Which is the best filesystem to use??

2009-04-02 Thread Fabian Enos
@Onkar: Nothing. But with the variety of filesystems available I think there may be others better suited for managing large files. @Manish: I currently use ext2 @Moz: Yes. I heard that about ext4 so I am staying away from it. -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ub

Re: [ubuntu-in] Which is the best filesystem to use??

2009-04-01 Thread Onkar Shinde
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 10:14 PM, Fabian Enos wrote: > I need to know what is the best one to use for managing my documents > and stuff. I also have files > 1GB in size so there should be almost > or 0% chance of data corruption. Speed is also required. What is wrong with ext3? Onkar -- ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-in] Which is the best filesystem to use??

2009-04-01 Thread Manish Sinha (मनीष सिन्ह ा)
Fabian Enos wrote: > I need to know what is the best one to use for managing my documents > and stuff. I also have files > 1GB in size so there should be almost > or 0% chance of data corruption. Speed is also required. > Which FS do you use presently? I have used JFS once and didn't find it s

Re: [ubuntu-in] Which is the best filesystem to use??

2009-04-01 Thread Moz
Hi Fabian, > I need to know what is the best one to use for managing my documents > and stuff. I also have files > 1GB in size so there should be almost > or 0% chance of data corruption. Speed is also required. > > Any thoughts?? > Tricky question. People would swear by a file system as ideal.

[ubuntu-in] Which is the best filesystem to use??

2009-04-01 Thread Fabian Enos
I need to know what is the best one to use for managing my documents and stuff. I also have files > 1GB in size so there should be almost or 0% chance of data corruption. Speed is also required. Any thoughts?? -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/