On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 05:37:28PM -0400, Mike Branda wrote:
> Anybody have any experience with Reiser4? I stopped using Reiserfs
> (Reiser3) a few years back due to a serious loss of data thanks to the
> crappy Reiserfs recovery tools. The ext3 fsck works sooo much better.
>
> However, I'm currently formatting a 1TB Drive and with ext3, I only get
> 871GB usable. For giggles I formatted Reiserfs and I get 932GB usable.
> That's a 61GB difference!!! Seeing as how I need as much of that drive
> as possible, I went on a search to see if the Reiserfs tools have gotten
> any better. I noticed that Reiser4 was released in 2004 and figured I'd
> inquire about it. Or if you happen to know of improvements to the
> current tool set in the last 3 years that would be good info also.
>
Technically, I don't know much about ReiserFS, other than the fact that
it stores data in a B-tree type arrangement (IIRC). However, his kernel
mods have traditionally had a hard time making it into the kernel tree,
because he's been unwilling to address the issues brought up by the
kernel hackers. And now with his murder trial, it's left up to his
company, Namesys, to continue development. But because of his legal
expenses, it appears he's looking to sell the company.
Don't quote me-- this is from memory. Check the Wikipedia article on
Reiser4, and its references. There have been a number of lwn.net
articles about ReiserFS over the years, and the friction between Hans
and the kernel developers.
I'd take Ian's advice.
Paul
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