Re: Filesystem Tests

From: Mike Fedyk (mfedyk@matchmail.com)
Date: Wed Aug 06 2003 - 13:04:27 EST


On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 06:34:10PM +0200, Diego Calleja Garc?a wrote:
> El Wed, 06 Aug 2003 18:06:37 +0400 Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com> escribi?:
>
> > I don't think ext2 is a serious option for servers of the sort that
> > Linux specializes in, which is probably why he didn't measure it.
>
> Why?

Because if you have a power outage, or a crash, you have to run the
filesystem check tools on it or risk damaging it further.

Journaled filesystems have a much smaller chance of having problems after a
crash.
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