Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 31 Jul 2006 12:58:46 +0200 | From | Adrian Ulrich <> | Subject | Re: the " 'official' point of view" expressed by kernelnewbies.org regarding reiser4 inclusion |
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> > And EXT3 imposes practical limits that ReiserFS doesn't as well. The big > > one being a fixed number of inodes that can't be adjusted on the fly, > > Right. Plan ahead.
Ok: Assume that i've read the mke2fs manpage and added more inodes to my filesystem.
So: What happens if i need to grow my filesystem by 200% after 1-2 years? Can i add more inodes to Ext3 on-the-fly ?
A filesystem with a fixed number of inodes (= not readjustable while mounted) is ehr.. somewhat unuseable for a lot of people with big and *flexible* storage needs (Talking about NetApp/EMC owners)
Why are a lot of Solaris-people using (buying) VxFS? Maybe because UFS also has such silly limitations? (..and performs awkward with trillions of files..?..)
Ext3 may be a fine and stable Filesystem and works well for a lot of people. But there are also a lot of people who need 'something' better like: VxFS, WAFL and Reiser4.
Btw: Do you know Adics 'StorNext Filesystem' ? IMHO Ext3 will never be able to do such things... But with Reiser4.. .. if someone wrote a plugin .. ;-)
Regards, Adrian
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