From: sk2@irz.inf.tu-dresden.de (Sascha Kuemmel) Subject: Re: [C] Best Filesystem? Date: 9 Jul 1993 16:59:16 GMT
In article <MUTS.93Jul8225340@muts.hacktic.nl>, muts@muts.hacktic.nl (
Mutsaers) writes:
>On Thu, 8 Jul 1993 00:07:21 GMT, smithc@lars.acc.stolaf.edu (Christop
>Smith) said:
>
> CAS> Which of the available filesystems -- ext, ext2, minix, xiafs
> CAS> -- is the best choice for use with a linux system? A co-worker
> CAS> is installing linux soon and was wondering about that. 'Twas a
> CAS> good question in my opinion so I'm putting it forth to
> CAS> y'all...
>
>If it comes to features and future developments: ext2. If it comes to
>speed: xiafs. (I did extensive tests on large filesystems)
>I think both are very reliable. ext and minix are either very slow or
>very limited.
>
>I chose xiafs because I don't need the extra features at the moment
>and like the extra speed.
How old is your experience? I messured xiafs and ext2 (0.3) in large
tests on ISA-bus and SCSI devices. There differences was very smal.
I think the best choice is ext2.
Sascha