[lug] XFS filesystem core code goes into AC series

[Zan Lynx]

From what I know, the XFS claim to fame is real-time data transfer. 
Under SGI systems, there was a system call or ioctl to request data
writes or reads of guaranteed speed and latency.  I don't know if this
support made it into the Linux implementation.

Other than that, it's journaled, fast, and has extended attributes.

On Tue, 2003-04-29 at 17:07, The Matt wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-04-29 at 17:00, The Matt wrote:
> > On Tue, 2003-04-29 at 15:31, D. Stimits wrote:
> > > I don't know how many of you are interested in the XFS filesystem, but 
> > > the core code for XFS is now merged into 2.4.21rc1-ac3. Hopefully that 
> > > means it'll make its way into the 2.4.x series of kernels within a 
> > > couple of releases of the standard kernel. If it is in an AC series 
> > > kernel, chances are Redhat will make XFS filesystem an option soon, even 
> > > if it isn't in the main kernel yet (well, don't hold your breath, but it 
> > > seems reasonable now).
> > 
> > OK, I'll ask.  I've used FATxx, NTFS, Extx, and BeFS, but never XFS. 
> > What are the pros/cons of XFS compared to, say, Ext3 and ReiserFS.  My
> > limited knowledge is that XFS is what you use on very fast (SCSI320 and
> > Fibre Channel) systems, ReiserFS is good for small files, and
> > ext3...well, because I always used ext2, I've never looked elsewhere.
> > 
> > I know they're all in Gentoo (also JFS), which I plan to try out as soon
> > as 1.4 appears, so it'd be good to know what they are all like.
> 
> I guess I also forgot Reiser4, but I'll contemplate that when I finally
> see it.
-- 
Zan Lynx <zlynx at acm.org>
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