[Discuss] Reading Linux book

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