Messages in this thread | | | From | "Stephen C. Tweedie" <> | Date | Thu, 27 May 1999 06:26:24 +0100 (BST) | Subject | Re: [was: ext2 question] XFS opensourced! |
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Hi,
On Thu, 20 May 1999 11:42:49 +0200 (MET DST), David Weinehall <tao@acc.umu.se> said:
> Slashdot does have its uses... I read there just a couple of hours ago > that SGI has/intends to opensource XFS. That'd pretty much solve our need > for a fast Journaling filesystem, I think.
Yes, _if_ it comes out as GPL and if it gets integrated well into Linux. XFS is extremely scalable. It will be interesting to see how it compares to ext2/ext3 for smaller filesystems: ext2 is very lightweight indeed as filesystems go.
--Stephen
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