[Discuss] Reading Linux book

[markw at mohawksoft.com]

I wouldn't touch EXT[N] for anything but a system partition.

XFS or JFS is almost a coin toss, but XFS seems like it is more active.

> Hi,
> First of all, thanks for your previous tips on the Linux box, it was very
> much appreciated. Â I'm reading the different filesystems, when would you
> use XFS or JFS or ext4. Â If I'm correct currently Linux uses ext4, am i
> right? Â From the reading both XFS and JFS look like a great choice.
>
> Thanks,
> Aldo
>
> XFS This is a 64-bit, high-performance journaling
> Â  Â filesystem that provides fast recovery and can
> Â  Â  handle large files efficiently.
> JFS This is a 64-bit journaling filesystem that is fast
> Â  Â  Â and reliable. It is better equipped to handle power
> Â  Â  failures and system crashes.
> ext4 The newest default filesystem for Linux distribu-
> Â  Â  Â  tions. It is backwards-compatible with the ext2 and
>      ext3 filesystems. Among ext4’s improvements over
> Â  Â  Â  Â  ext3 are journaling, support of volumes of up to
> Â  Â  Â  Â one exbibyte (EiB) and files up to 16 tebibytes
> Â  Â  Â  Â  (TiB) in size.
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