ext3 vs reiserfs speed (was Re: metadata plugins (was Re: the " 'official' point of view" expressed by kernelnewbies.org regarding reiser4 inclusion))

Pavel Machek
2006-08-07T21:58:04Z

Hi!

> > Using guilt as an argument in a technical discussion is a flashing red
> > sign that says "I have no technical rebuttal"
>
> Wow, that is really nervy. Let's recap this all:
>
> * reiser4 has a 2x performance advantage over the next fastest FS
> (ext3), and when compression ships in a month that will double again as
> well as save space. See http://www.namesys.com/benchmarks.html, and

Does that mean that ext3 is faster than reiser3? Wow, that would be
good reason to switch default filesystem to ext3 (or reiser4?) in next
suse release.
Pavel
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