From: Dan Koren <dkoren@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: mcai7et2@stud.umist.ac.uk, linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
Subject: Re: XFS and journalling filesystems
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 12:11:48 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <374D98F4.CF01D27C@engr.sgi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: E10m0gq-0000pk-00@the-village.bc.nu
Alan Cox wrote:
>
> > journalling filesystem will be opensourced this summer) what is "the
> > panel's" view of the continuing devlopment of ext3/whatever the linux
> > jfs will be called. Should we adopt XFS as the defacto replacement for
> > ext2?
>
> XFS is 50,000 odd lines of mainframe class filing system code.
You're understimating it... :)
> Its unlikely to be the ideal fs for a small appliance or a
> desktop at home even if it kicks butt as a server fs.
>
> Alan
Quite the contrary. The fewer disk spindles on a system, the
greater the performance gains from XFS' very sophisticated
i/o scheduling. In addition, XFS code is layered neatly
enough that unwanted features/options can be left out if
one so wants.
thx,
Dan Koren Dan.Koren@sgi.com
Engineering Manager, File Systems phone: (USA) 650-933-3678
Silicon Graphics, Inc. pager: (USA) 888-769-0874
1600 Amphiteatre Pkwy. M/S 08U-500 or dkoren_p@pager.sgi.com
Mountain View, CA 94043-1351 fax: (USA) 650-933-3542
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[not found] <E10m0gq-0000pk-00@the-village.bc.nu>
1999-05-27 19:11 ` Dan Koren [this message]
[not found] <76D8782817C5D211A37400104B0C84B029C52F@nz-wlg-exch-1.nz.unisys.com>
1999-05-31 2:14 ` XFS and journalling filesystems Ralf Baechle
[not found] ` <3753A4A5.C2A4FE91@engr.sgi.com>
[not found] ` <199906010928.CAA04308@pizda.davem.net>
1999-06-01 10:15 ` Dan Koren
[not found] <199905281653.LAA61598@fsgi344.cray.com>
[not found] ` <012201bea93f$db9d1050$e6976dcf@TRGMERKEYNT2000>
1999-05-31 23:17 ` Stephen C. Tweedie
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