XFS: the filesystem of the future?

XFS is very reliable and performs extremely consistently over the expected life of such devices? And XFS tends to perform better on NAS workloads than ext3/4 on the same hardware? And that mkfs doesn't make the user wait for a *long time* before they can use the device? And that there are tools in xfsprogs designed to optmise the manufacturing process (e.g. xfs_copy), and so on?

> By "consumer" are you referring to the sub-$200 stuff that can be
> bought at, say, BEST BUY?

Yes, exactly. Brands like thecus, netgear, dlink, etc either use XFS by default or recommend it over ext3/4 in most situations.

> I have a few Buffalo router/NAS devices.

I'm pretty sure they use XFS, too. Certainly google indicates that even the low end buffalo NAS boxes go faster with XFS on them....

Dave.