Yes, ext2 and ext3 continue to improve. Check the latest kernel mailing list summaries and you will se an important fix just went in that increases file access some 5 to 50x depending on operation.
jb ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Squires <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, April 9, 2002 4:30 pm Subject: Re: ext3 or ext2 ? > I'm not complaining here, but I have noticed a performance lag while > using ext3. I have two hard drives, both Western Digital. One is > used as > my system drive (40G, 7200rpm, ext3) the other is used for storing > archives (60G, 5400rpm, ext2). When I run hdparm -t /dev/hda(40G), > I get > average results of about 16.5 MB/sec., the same test on /dev/hdb(60G), > the results are about 23.0 Mb/sec. For a slower drive, I should > not be > getting faster read times. > > I do however like the recovery aspects of ext3. After a power failure, > or system crash, I don't have to worry about waiting through 10-15 > minutes of fsck to be up and running again. Not to mention not > having to > worry so much about data loss. > > I guess it all depends on what you are using the system for. If it > is a > production system, I would probably stick with ext2. For a home > computer, there is no reason not to use ext3. After all, it is under > development and can only get better.(right?) > > -Mike > > On Wed, 2002-01-02 at 19:27, Jared Brick wrote: > > > > > Despite the fact that people say that ext3 is good enough for > production > > > use, you can't ignore the dozens and dozens of complaints > people make > > > about it constantly. In all honesty, ext3 is still under > development as > > > are most journalling filesystems. I wouldn't use it, say, for > the root > > > partition, but I might for a lesser important one... just > until you get > > > the hang of it and until ext3 is well enough developed to the > point where > > > the complaints stop :) > > > > What complaints? On /.? Your opinion is entirely > unsubstantiated. I have > > not heard of anyone actually having a problem with ext3. Use it, it > > works fine. In fact it works better than fine since you won't be > waiting> for your system to boot up. > > > > Jared > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Redhat-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
