At 4:38 AM +0200 10/13/06, Dotan Cohen wrote: >On 13/10/06, Tony Nelson <tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> The common wisdom is that EXT2/3 are not affected by fragmentation, but >> without much real-world proof that this is so. The EXT2/3 filesystem >> metadata was designed to be not much affected by fragmentation, but that >> says little about the file data. I read an article / webpage (that I can't >> find right now) by someone who decided to experiment with new and used EXT2 >> filesystems, and found a substatial slowdown. He was inspired to try this >> because he noticed that his computer sped up when given a fresh filesystem. >> You could try backing up and restoring to a fresh filesystem. If you >> spring for a new computer you'll back up and restore to the new computer. >> Either way you'll get a fresh new filesystem. > >What about JFS? I was recommended to convert to JFS by the only linux >guru that I personally know. Any comments on it? I know little about JFS. As it comes from IBM originally, it should be reliable. You would want to consider availability of tools for resizing, fixing, etc. -- ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' The Great Writ <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' is no more. <http://www.georgeanelson.com/>
