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Ext4 to be standard for Fedora 11, Btrfs also included (heise online)

Ext4 to be standard for Fedora 11, Btrfs also included (heise online)

Posted Jan 25, 2009 20:35 UTC (Sun) by cantsin (guest, #4420)
In reply to: Ext4 to be standard for Fedora 11, Btrfs also included (heise online) by Nelson
Parent article: Ext4 to be standard for Fedora 11, Btrfs also included (heise online)

What doesn't seem to be anecdotal is that XFS caches data more aggressively and over longer time in RAM than other filesystems including ext3. This results in performance advantages, but reliability issues on any other but high quality server hardware with ECC RAM. The anecdotal evidence mostly comes from users running PCs with standard (cheap) RAM and in non-data center-/USV-usage scenarios where loss of power is more likely or even common (such as on laptops).


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Ext4 to be standard for Fedora 11, Btrfs also included (heise online)

Posted Jan 25, 2009 20:39 UTC (Sun) by jengelh (subscriber, #33263) [Link]

I have to object - laptops have statistically more batteries than desktop computers :-)

Ext4 to be standard for Fedora 11, Btrfs also included (heise online)

Posted Jan 26, 2009 2:25 UTC (Mon) by salimma (subscriber, #34460) [Link]

But, in countries with relatively stable electricity supplies, laptops are more likely than desktops to be uncleanly shut down because the battery ran out.

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