2009/6/8 Shannon McMackin <smcmackin@xxxxxxxxx>: > On 06/08/2009 01:33 PM, Jack Aboutboul wrote: >> >> Read the complete interview here: >> >> http://jaboutboul.blogspot.com/2009/06/fedora-11-and-ext4-straight-bits.html >> >> >> Let's face it--We're addicted! To files that is. More importantly, we >> are addicted to the massively large and ever increasing storage devices >> upon which we store those files. Make no mistake though, like any >> addiction, storing content comes at a cost and usually those costs are >> paid at the filesystem level. We all want more space and we all want >> better performance when it comes to disk I/O and a junkie's wishlist >> never ends. >> >> Fedora 11, when released tomorrow, will be the first distribution to >> boast the inclusion of ext4, the latest incarnation in the extended file >> system family, as default. Ext4 brings with it support for larger >> filesystems, larger single file size and many improvements in almost >> every imaginable facet. Join me for an interview with Eric Sandeen, >> renown file system hacker, Red Hat Engineer and Fedora Contributor as he >> takes on a little trip down Filesystem Alley and explains what >> filesystems are, where did they come from, why should we care and why >> they along with Fedora 11 are prepping to take over the WOOOOORLD! >> > I don't mean to meddle here, but didn't Ubuntu have ext4 with their Jaunty > Jackalope release? Is it default? We had it available since F10 anyways. We also have btrfs available with a special switch, which afaik, Ubuntu does not yet have. -Yaakov -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
