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[Calvin Dodge]

Taz wrote:
> 
> What's the advantage of going with a journaling file system such as ext3
> or reiserfs?

The biggest advantage is a more reliable filesystem - especially in the case of
an unexpected lockup or reboot.  Typically a filesystem check on a journalled
filesystem takes a second or two, rather than minutes (or LOTS of minutes if
you have a big hard drive) for an unjournalled system.

In addition, reiserfs is more efficient at searching directories with LOTS of
filenames (though - in theory - that will eventually be available for ext2 (and
therefore ext3).

Calvin

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