Re: Corrupted/unreadable journal: reiser vs. ext3

[Dirk Schenkewitz <Dirk.Schenkewitz@interface-ag.com>]

Hi Hans,

I should be more careful about what I optimize out from an email...

Hans Reiser schrieb:
> 
>Dirk Schenkewitz wrote:
> 
> >Hans Reiser schrieb:
> > >
> > >and if you can fit more data onto reiserfs partitions than onto
> > >ext3 partitions?
> > >
> >
> >That's what I'm looking for!
> >
> > >Is it a fair comparison to compare at equal percents full?
> >
> >Considered that way: No. Comparison should be between absolute
> >bytes I can put on a reiser-filesystem against an ext3-filesystem
> >while the partition sizes are equal. Hm. Please excuse me if this
> >is a FAQ: Can you give me a hint where to find such a comparison?
> >To put it in other words: How much more bytes can I put on a
> >reiser-fs compared to an ext3-fs when the partition sizes are
> >equal?
> >
> That depends on your file size distribution, and on whether you
> use the tails mount option.  Probably ~10% more.

~10%! Not bad!!

> Forgive me, it has been a while since it was measured. 
> Elena, can you copy the kernel source code onto a partition until 
> it fills up, make it a large partition please, and compare ext3 
> to reiserfs V3/V4?

Uhh - I didn't want to disturb something, even less to cause extra
work - now I feel guilty...

> >But even then: If I have more space available, I will happily
> >use it, so even if I can put 500 MB more on it, I will manage
> >to fill it up - what will happen then?
>
> I am not answering this because jeff improved things a lot, 
> and I don't know how good/bad they are currently....

I see. Thank you VERRRY MUCH - I stay tuned 8-)

Happy coding & best wishes
	dirk
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