which file system is the best for a desktop or laptop? ext3, ext4, btrfs, or xfs …?
On Tue, 08 May 2012 20:26:02 +0000, ilAli wrote:
> which file system is the best for a desktop or laptop? ext3, ext4,
> btrfs, or xfs …?
I use ext4 right now.
Jim
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On 05/08/2012 03:32 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Tue, 08 May 2012 20:26:02 +0000, ilAli wrote:
>
>> which file system is the best for a desktop or laptop? ext3, ext4,
>> btrfs, or xfs …?
>
> I use ext4 right now.
All of my files systems are ext3 (some old ones), xfs (used only for a TV system
as it deletes large files more gracefully), and ext4.
I would not recommend btrfs as it seems to be a bit fragile, and the recovery
tools are not good enough.
On 2012-05-08 22:26, ilAli wrote:
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> which file system is the best for a desktop or laptop? ext3, ext4,
> btrfs, or xfs …?
That’s an impossible question. Each one has its advantages and
disadvantages. If you ask me for a simple answer, use ext3.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)
ilAli wrote:
> which file system is the best for a desktop or laptop? ext3, ext4,
> btrfs, or xfs …?
I’ll be contrary and say none of the above.
reiser 3 is both more space-efficient and significantly faster on the
workload I have.
But that just illustrates that there’s no single right answer.
OK, please explain Why?
On Wed, 09 May 2012 21:26:03 +0530, ilAli
<ilAli@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:
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> robin_listas;2461445 Wrote:
>>
>> That’s an impossible question. Each one has its advantages and
>> disadvantages. If you ask me for a simple answer, use ext3.
>>
> OK, please explain Why?
>
i think this is a rather extensive topic, which requires some effort on
your part to understand. here’s a list of links that explain the matter,
but there’s hundreds more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LinuxFilesystemsExplained
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phani.
On Wed, 09 May 2012 15:56:03 +0000, ilAli wrote:
> OK, please explain Why?
As Carlos said, “best” is subjective and depends on your circumstances
and needs.
If you’re a “normal” desktop user, then ext3 (which is well established)
or ext4 (which has some additional features that you may or may not need)
are going to be fine.
But if you’re running, say, a transactional database that has to process
thousands of transactions a minute, then perhaps that’s not the best
choice.
Rule of thumb for any software installation: Go with the defaults unless
you have a very good reason for picking something different. 
Jim
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As many have said, “it depends” (personally I use XFS wherever possible). There are many discussions about this, but it really boils down to what you are going to use the filesystem for (databases, 1000’s of MP3s, etc) and I’d also argue the underlying storage (I wouldn’t use ext3 on SSDs).
HTH…
On Wed, 09 May 2012 21:56:02 +0530, katanacb
<katanacb@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:
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> As many have said, “it depends” (personally I use XFS wherever
> possible). There are many discussions about this, but it really boils
> down to what you are going to use the filesystem for (databases, 1000’s
> of MP3s, etc) and I’d also argue the underlying storage (I wouldn’t use
> ext3 on SSDs).
>
yeah, it all depends. without specifying certain conditions or needs, this
is a totally open-ended discussion, the (dis-) advantages of all available
file systems. it’s an interesting topic, but farily easy to research with
the help of google. if your’s (OP) is a special use case, you want to know
which is better for achieving a particular goal, this would make sense to
me. but like this, “…which is the best?” does not.
i don’t mind, of course, i can just ignore this thread. to me this would
make more sense if you started reading up on your own and came back with
specific questions you encounter.
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phani.
On 2012-05-09 17:56, ilAli wrote:
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> robin_listas;2461445 Wrote:
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>> That’s an impossible question. Each one has its advantages and
>> disadvantages. If you ask me for a simple answer, use ext3.
>>
> OK, please explain Why?
As I said it is an impossible question, no, can’t explain.
Because I have to choose one, and I don’t know what for you want it. It is
a reasonable, stable, default.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)
Could I just ‘deprecate’ the last in this list of links. I have only read one para, and it is so littered with grammatical errors as to make me doubt that I could trust anything technical in the rest of it. I guess it was auto-translated, or written by someone whose written English is a bit sketchy…
In the latests years, there was considerable ferment in the Linux community regarding which filesystem is best suited to accomplish its goal – to organize your files. In endless discussion, we can read about the alleged superiority of one filesystem over another one, however often these statements lack some objective data points to prove that.
wakou wrote:
> Could I just ‘deprecate’ the last in this list of links. I have only
> read one para, and it is so littered with grammatical errors as to make
> me doubt that I could trust anything technical in the rest of it. I
> guess it was auto-translated, or written by someone whose written
> English is a bit sketchy…
Not sure why you think somebody’s command of English as a second (or
third …) language is a sensible criterion for deciding whether the
measured data and analysis they provide is useful?
Perhaps if you’d bothered to read beyond the first paragraph, you might
have reached a more sensible view. Or are you just trolling?
Not sure why you think somebody’s command of English as a second (or
third …) language is a sensible criterion for deciding whether the
measured data and analysis they provide is useful?
Really? Can you really not see that there might be a reason? Or are *you *just trolling?
I just mentioned it because the thread was started by someone who needed some basic info, and as the subject can be quite technical, perhaps articles written by, or at least sub-edited by, someone who can write clearly would perhaps be a better choice, so that ambiguities like this:
ext4, the high-anticipated ext3 successor;
are avoided
I agree that the pure data in the piece is valid in any language, it seems to show that there is little if any difference in speed, so pick the most stable!