Best Shrinkable ReiserFS Replacement? 508
paulkoan writes "I have been using ReiserFS for my file system across a few servers for some time now (follow the link below for details of my experience). I can't foresee the future of ReiserFS, but if I'm going to have to migrate as support diminishes, I'd like to begin that process now. My criteria are: in-kernel support, shrinkable, and has good recovery when the file system is not closed properly. That shrinkable requirement precludes a lot of options. What's a good replacement for ReiserFS?"
I initially chose ReiserFS because I was building a MythTV system and it was the recommended FS across the board, from small to large files. I've had good experiences with ReiserFS and it has had a pummeling. That MythTV box for example has a very volatile environment and loses power on a regular basis. I haven't lost any data through any of these outages.
Compare this to my brief foray into XFS on the same box, where 25% of the filesystem ended up in lost+found with numbers for filenames. When this happened a second time on a different system I decided XFS wasn't for me — and I really don't get the point of a journalled filesystem that will keep data relatively safe, but then remove any means to identify it when things go wrong.
But everyone has good and bad experiences with filesystems, ReiserFS included. XFS has a good rep, my experience aside.
OJ FS (Score:5, Funny)
The O. J. Simpson filesystem!
I'll be hard... (Score:5, Funny)
Comment removed (Score:2, Funny)
FS migration a la Reiser (Score:4, Funny)
" I can't foresee the future of ReiserFS" (Score:0, Funny)
Try Reiser's new filesystem (Score:2, Funny)
I hear he is developing a new way to compress his logs. Something to do with packing pointers into the tail. I think it is shrinkable, but that entails the use of very cold water.
How about - (Score:5, Funny)
NTFS on Vista?
I hear your disk space shrinks like nobody's business.
Re:I'll be hard... (Score:2, Funny)
For a shrinkable version... (Score:1, Funny)
...how about Caylee Anthony?
Re:gentlemen (Score:5, Funny)
ls wife /dev/hills/body
ls -A wife
ls -A body
ls -A body
sudo ls -A body
Password:
Ok ok,
Re:Try Reiser's new filesystem (Score:2, Funny)
Re:FS migration a la Reiser (Score:5, Funny)
The migration must be quick and dirty, but with as little mess as possible
You sounds just like my wife!
Wait, I don't have a wife. Nevermind.
Even worse, I really didn't consider the context before I started talking about wives. Oops.
Re:I'll be hard... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:I'll be hard... (Score:5, Funny)
I have a simple and elegant solution to two problems that I perceive have arisen from the conviction of Mr Reiser, said problems being:
a) absence of a project manager for the ReiserFS project and
b) an overabundance of 'killer filesystem' jokes.
What I propose is this: the next person to make a 'killer filesystem' or similar joke will be horsewhipped in the town square and then assigned responsibility for ReiserFS for the rest of his (or her) life. Any developmental milestones which have been assigned but are not complete by the deadline will result in further horsewhipping.
I have forwarded this action plan to the relevant authorities and am currently awaiting approval. Please show your support by buying a T-shirt or coffee mug.
Thanks for your time.
FAT32 (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Try Reiser's new filesystem (Score:5, Funny)
What? Anal rape jokes are in 'bad taste' now? When did that change? Nobody tells me anything...
rename reiserfs? (Score:3, Funny)
Why don't we just rename ReiserFS. It seems the problem everyone has with it is that Hans killed his wife, the technology is still fine. What about KillerFS?
Re:I'll be hard... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Try Reiser's new filesystem (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I'll be hard... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Try Reiser's new filesystem (Score:3, Funny)
Hans Reiser is working on Duke Nuke 'Em Forever, now?
Re:I'll be hard... (Score:4, Funny)
OK, I get it. There's software free as in beer, free as in speech, free as in jazz and free as in Reiser.
Re:Try Reiser's new filesystem (Score:5, Funny)
I think you're doing it wrong...
Re:gentlemen (Score:5, Funny)
No, no, no.
Login: reiser
Password:
$ touch wife /dev/hills/body
touch: access denied
$ sudo touch wife
password:
touch: access denied
$ echo "wtf?"
wtf?
$ ps -aux | grep wife
wife 14589
$ sudo kill -9 14589
mv body
Some time later:
Login: cops
Password:
$ locate body /dev/hills/body
body not found
$ sudo usermod -g felon reiser
$ sudo updatedb
$ locate body
Re:gentlemen (Score:4, Funny)
I never found Paul Reiser funny enough to remember any of his jokes.
Re:How about - (Score:3, Funny)
It's an extremely efficient compression algorithm. The only downside is that it's one way so there is no decompression algorithm to go with it. It's a bit like WOM (Write Only Memory) [national.com].
Re:FS migration a la Reiser (Score:2, Funny)
Re:OJ FS (Score:5, Funny)
But ReiserFs is the only one being ported to cell...
Re:gentlemen (Score:5, Funny)
You won't find the mother of his children with that. ls -A skips listing parents (..). The police should have used ls -a instead.
Re:On-topic:... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:gentlemen (Score:4, Funny)
Reiser's addendum to Godwin's Law (Score:1, Funny)
As any discussion about ReiserFS grows longer, the probability of referring to it as a "KillerFS" approaches one.
Re:On-topic:... (Score:5, Funny)
ReiserFS T-Shirt (Score:2, Funny)
The graphic on the t-shirt/mug should read as below:
ReiserFS
Because I can recognize a killer filesystem when I see one.
Try this FS: FAT-16 (Score:3, Funny)
Try this, it should be good for what you need:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat16 [wikipedia.org]
If it doesn't support all your needs, then nothing will.
Oh also, 640k of ram is enough for anybody.
Re:I'll be hard... (Score:3, Funny)
It's supposed to be punishment.
Make him code for Windows!
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