Re: [Ext2-devel] [RFC 0/13] extents and 48bit ext3
Arjan van de Ven <[email protected]>
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On Fri, 2006-06-09 at 14:51 -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > PRECISELY. So you should stop modifying a filesystem whose design is > admittedly _not_ modern! > > ext3 is already essentially xiafs-on-life-support, when you consider > today's large storage systems and today's filesystem technology. Just > look at the ugly hacks needed to support expanding an ext3 filesystem > online. actually I think I disagree with you. One thing I've noticed over the years is that ext2 layout has one thing going for it: it is simple and robust. Maybe "ext2 layout" is the wrong word, "block bitmap and direct/indirect block based" may be better. It seems that once you go into tree space (and I would call htree a borderline thing there) you get both really complex code and fragile behavior all over (mostly in terms of "when something goes wrong") - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html