Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 22:37:44 +0100 From: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> To: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> Cc: Justin Smith <jsmith@drexel.edu>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "Native" journaling file systems? Message-ID: <m3acew6a53.fsf@merlin.emma.line.org> In-Reply-To: <43A6D40A.70305@centtech.com> (Eric Anderson's message of "Mon, 19 Dec 2005 09:38:50 -0600") References: <43A6D190.3020504@drexel.edu> <43A6D40A.70305@centtech.com>
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Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> writes: > Justin Smith wrote: > >>Are there any plans to develop UFS3--- i.e., a UFS2 file system with an >>added journal? >> >>I've used several journaling file systems in Linux and like the Reiser >>FS except for one MAJOR drawback: When something goes wrong, reiser-fsck >>absolutely sucks at repairing things (Hans Reiser freely admits that but >>says it's never needed because nothing ever goes wrong). >> >>Businesses that use the reiser file system have to buy expensive >>commercial products for fixing it (there are at least two on the market). >> >>Ext3 works well and one always has the standard fsck to fall back on if >>something goes wrong. One can also easily convert an existing Ext2 file >>system to Ext3. >> >>After a crash, replaying the journal only takes a second or two. >> >>A UFS3 might have the same desirable features. >> >> > > XFS is typically considered a better filesystem than ext*fs's, extfs is dead, but I'd be interested to see this backed by independent sources. One thing I find lacking in XFS is the "data=ordered" mode of ext3fs. > As far as a native journaling fs for FreeBSD, Scott Long and a SoC > developer started work on a jUFS, but I'm not certain as to the status. > I too am very anxious for it, and would like to play with the code as it > is so far, but I can't seem to easily check it out of perforce (no > login, of course). > > Maybe Scott can give us a quick update? What has become of lfs by the way? -- Matthias Andree
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