On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 22:19:52 +0300, Stefanescu Vlad <vladstef@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >Hi. Got a question for all you gurus out there ! :) >I came upon this filesystem (new to me), which is said by many to be >more effective that ext3. >It is said to have an internal arborescent system which is supposed to >improve disk performance. > From hands-on experience... is that true? >Thanks in advance... > >Vlad, >guru wannabe :) Start your reading here http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-fs.html and http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-fs7/ As I read it, reiser is excellent for file systems with lots of active, small files like /var/spool/mail -- Steve
