From: David Wright (no email)
Date: Mon Oct 15 2001 - 22:10:58 EDT
> > >> Reiserfs, as discussed here not too long ago, apparently has problems.
> > >> It's also slightly slower than ext2 because of its journaling. Since
> > >> it's a less-mature filesystem than ext2, and its only benefit is a
> > >> faster fsck at boot (which only happens after an abnormal shutdown or
> > >> a crash), I don't see why you'd want to risk it.
> > >
> > > Are you *REALLY* sure the *ONLY* benefit of reiserfs is the "faster
> > > fsck at boot"?
> >
> > When it comes to a SOHO server, yeah, I'd say reiserfs isn't going to gain
> > him much. Despite ext2's drawbacks (lacking journaling), I've still never
> > lost a filesystem on it that wasn't related to hardware blowing up.
> >
>
> The 'faster fsck at boot' actually says a lot especially for those
> consultants that had needed to nursemaid a secretary through the 'run fsck
> the journaling of Reiser saves a lot of us the trouble.
Secretaries running mail servers?
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