Re: anyone uses ReiserFS today

On Thu, Aug 15, 2024 at 01:13:15PM +0200, Nicolas George wrote: Except the original plan did not hold water, even at the time. yes, that's why Reiser continued to add non-traditional filesystem features right up to the end. and the more it diverged from a traditional filesystem, the less like

Re: anyone uses ReiserFS today

Michael Stone (12024-08-14): > The short answer is that the reason it handles small files well is because > Reiser wanted the filesystem to be used for direct storage of small objects, > whereas most applications dealing with small objects combine them into a > larger object which is what is stored

Re: anyone uses ReiserFS today

On Wed, Aug 14, 2024 at 03:46:45PM +0100, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: Off-topic really, but could you explain (or point to an explanation) how applications could be redesigned for this 'new paradigm'. I ask because I used reiserfs because of (a) journalling and (b) handling many small files

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Michael Stone wrote: > On Mon, Aug 12, 2024 at 10:37:12AM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > >Yes, that was its main strength. > > ReiserFS's main strength was that it reimagined how filesystems > should be used. It's main drawback was that applications would need > to be redesigned in order to tak

Re: anyone uses ReiserFS today

On Mon, Aug 12, 2024 at 10:37:12AM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: Yes, that was its main strength. ReiserFS's main strength was that it reimagined how filesystems should be used. It's main drawback was that applications would need to be redesigned in order to take advantage of the new paradigm,

Re: anyone uses ReiserFS today

August 13, 2024 at 2:14 AM, "Thomas Schmitt" wrote: > > Hi, > > i think i found documentation about effective storage of very small > > files in ext4: > > https://ext4.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Ext4_Disk_Layout#Inline_Data > > > https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/197633/how-to-use

Re: anyone uses ReiserFS today

Hi, i think i found documentation about effective storage of very small files in ext4: https://ext4.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Ext4_Disk_Layout#Inline_Data https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/197633/how-to-use-the-new-ext4-inline-data-feature-storing-data-directly-in-the-inode https://m

Re: anyone uses ReiserFS today

Hi We are still using Reiserfs for its space optimisation. Very optimised for a lot of little files and its shrink feature is better than with xfs The file system is more resilient with power outage per exemple than others So with linux 6.6 any way possible to load the module ? Le lun. 12 août

Re: anyone uses ReiserFS today

On 8/12/24 04:09, Wesley wrote: Most recent years we keep using the ext4 filesystem. But years ago before ext4 we used the ReiserFS filesystem. In my memory ReiserFS was a good choice for our application (many small files). Do you anybody still use ReiserFS today? How about it compares to ext4?

Re: anyone uses ReiserFS today

On 12 Aug 2024 18:17 +1000, from curmudg...@telaman.net.au (David): >> Do you anybody still use ReiserFS today? How about it compares to >> ext4? > > Is it even being maintained these days? Per Wikipedia: ReiserFS 3 : "The reiserfsprogs 3.6.27 were release

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Hi, Wesley wrote: > In my memory ReiserFS was a good choice for our application (many small > files). Yes, that was its main strength. Possibly ext4 can economize on very small files, too. man 1 chattr mentions: "A file with the 'N' attribute set indicates that the file has data stored

Re: anyone uses ReiserFS today

On Mon, 2024-08-12 at 08:09 +, Wesley wrote: > Most recent years we keep using the ext4 filesystem. > But years ago before ext4 we used the ReiserFS filesystem. > In my memory ReiserFS was a good choice for our application (many > small files). > Do you anybody still use ReiserFS today? How abo