Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote:
[...] If you do use ext3 in data-journalling mode (mount -o data=journal) that yes, it will be a lot slower than ext2. That's why the default is data=ordered. You can make it even faster, and still more safe than ext2, by using data=writeback. See "man mount". Mike.
Can I disable data journalizing with reiserfs (and thus make files overwritable)?