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SubjectRe: UBIFS vs Logfs (was [RFC PATCH] UBIFS - new flash file system)
Hi!

> For me, the motivators to wait for LogFS are mainly the
> facts that it
> can work on traditional block devices, and not only on
> pure flash:
>
> 1. It works on normal block devices and it supports
> transparent compression
>
> Today, a 64 GB SSD/flash-based media costs ~about the
> same as a 1 TB
> hard disk. This makes flash very expensive to use;
> compression can
> compensate that cost a bit (will depend on the usage, of
> course).
>
> I believe there is no other Linux filesystem which can
> do transparent
> compression on block devices.

I'd like compressed filesystem for maps and lingvistic data... but
will the flash flesystems have 'reasonable' performance when used on
harddrive?
Pavel
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