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| 9 | <sections> |
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| 11 | <version>4.0</version> |
11 | <version>4.1</version> |
| 12 | <date>2006-08-30</date> |
12 | <date>2006-11-02</date> |
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| 16 | <section> |
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| 17 | <title>Introduction to Block Devices</title> |
17 | <title>Introduction to Block Devices</title> |
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| 516 | happens to be in an inconsistent state. |
516 | happens to be in an inconsistent state. |
| 517 | </p> |
517 | </p> |
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| 519 | <p> |
519 | <p> |
| 520 | <b>ext3</b> is the journaled version of the ext2 filesystem, providing metadata |
520 | <b>ext3</b> is the journaled version of the ext2 filesystem, providing metadata |
| 521 | journaling for fast recovery in addition to other enhanced journaling modes like |
521 | journaling for fast recovery in addition to other enhanced journaling modes |
| 522 | full data and ordered data journaling. ext3 is a very good and reliable |
522 | like full data and ordered data journaling. It uses a hashed B*-tree index that |
| 523 | filesystem. |
523 | enables high performance in almost all situations. In short, ext3 is a very |
| 524 | </p> |
524 | good and reliable filesystem. |
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| 526 | <p> |
525 | </p> |
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527 | <p> |
| 527 | <b>ReiserFS</b> is a B*-tree based filesystem that has very good overall |
528 | <b>ReiserFS</b> is a B*-tree based filesystem that has very good overall |
| 528 | performance and greatly outperforms both ext2 and ext3 when dealing with small |
529 | performance and greatly outperforms both ext2 and ext3 when dealing with small |
| 529 | files (files less than 4k), often by a factor of 10x-15x. ReiserFS also scales |
530 | files (files less than 4k), often by a factor of 10x-15x. ReiserFS also scales |
| 530 | extremely well and has metadata journaling. As of kernel 2.4.18+, ReiserFS is |
531 | extremely well and has metadata journaling. ReiserFS is solid and usable as |
| 531 | solid and usable as both general-purpose filesystem and for extreme cases such |
532 | both general-purpose filesystem and for extreme cases such as the creation of |
| 532 | as the creation of large filesystems, the use of many small files, very large |
533 | large filesystems, very large files and directories containing tens of |
| 533 | files and directories containing tens of thousands of files. |
534 | thousands of small files. |
| 534 | </p> |
535 | </p> |
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| 536 | <p> |
537 | <p> |
| 537 | <b>XFS</b> is a filesystem with metadata journaling which comes with a robust |
538 | <b>XFS</b> is a filesystem with metadata journaling which comes with a robust |
| 538 | feature-set and is optimized for scalability. We only recommend using this |
539 | feature-set and is optimized for scalability. We only recommend using this |
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