On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 9:12 PM, Gary Dale
<garydale@rogers.com> wrote:
I wouldn't use any of the newer file systems until they've been around in use for a couple of years. You can use btrfs now and I've heard that it's quite reliable but it depends on how much you value the new features versus the risk of losing your files.
It's more for experimentation and familiarization. I'd like to play with ZFS as well.
How good are your backups? How much time can you spare to restore a corrupted file system? How much do you need the new features?
I have a backuppc box in the basement. Daily incrementals, weekly fulls. Restoring a filesystem is actually quite simple.
On the last point, some of the new file systems offer intriguing features but in real life, I'm not likely to really need them. Nor do I see any real problems with Ext4 that would make me want to switch. Your situation may be different.
I'm not looking to switch filesystems, per se, but rather to play around with them. I have disk space to burn to experiment...I just don't want to jump to a crashy kernel (though honestly, for the past few years, that has been the exception rather than the rule -- years ago, I used to hand roll all of my own kernels. Now they work great out of the box).
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