Comments on: Shoddy file system driver makers http://stuartl.longlandclan.yi.org/blog/2007/12/14/shoddy-file-system-driver-makers/ The life and times of Stuart Longland (VK4MSL) Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:24:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Pages tagged "shoddy" http://stuartl.longlandclan.yi.org/blog/2007/12/14/shoddy-file-system-driver-makers/#comment-1326 Pages tagged "shoddy" Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:19:38 +0000 http://stuartl.longlandclan.yi.org/blog/2007/12/14/shoddy-file-system-driver-makers/#comment-1326 [...] bookmarks tagged shoddy Shoddy file system driver makers saved by 1 others     SpoRTzxcHiCKx3 bookmarked on 01/21/08 | [...] [...] bookmarks tagged shoddy Shoddy file system driver makers saved by 1 others     SpoRTzxcHiCKx3 bookmarked on 01/21/08 | [...]

]]> By: Tester http://stuartl.longlandclan.yi.org/blog/2007/12/14/shoddy-file-system-driver-makers/#comment-1191 Tester Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:30:25 +0000 http://stuartl.longlandclan.yi.org/blog/2007/12/14/shoddy-file-system-driver-makers/#comment-1191 Actually, the original Ext filesystem was quite bad when it came to fragmentation.. Obviously, ext2 solved most of that problem. Actually, the original Ext filesystem was quite bad when it came to fragmentation.. Obviously, ext2 solved most of that problem.

]]> By: robbat2 http://stuartl.longlandclan.yi.org/blog/2007/12/14/shoddy-file-system-driver-makers/#comment-1174 robbat2 Sat, 15 Dec 2007 00:30:32 +0000 http://stuartl.longlandclan.yi.org/blog/2007/12/14/shoddy-file-system-driver-makers/#comment-1174 Per what flameeyes said, the Linux filesystems can fragment a lot. There is a ext2 defrag tool, e2defrag, never updated for ext3. XFS has xfs_fsr. The Namesys site discusses a defrag tool for reiserfs created for a paying customer, but the lists said just doing a tar, rm, untar got you the same benefit faster. Per what flameeyes said, the Linux filesystems can fragment a lot. There is a ext2 defrag tool, e2defrag, never updated for ext3. XFS has xfs_fsr. The Namesys site discusses a defrag tool for reiserfs created for a paying customer, but the lists said just doing a tar, rm, untar got you the same benefit faster.

]]> By: Diego Flameeyes Pettenò http://stuartl.longlandclan.yi.org/blog/2007/12/14/shoddy-file-system-driver-makers/#comment-1169 Diego Flameeyes Pettenò Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:16:01 +0000 http://stuartl.longlandclan.yi.org/blog/2007/12/14/shoddy-file-system-driver-makers/#comment-1169 Actually, ext3 and XFS at least fragment quite a bit, to the point that XFS _does_ have tools to defragment a filesystem. On the other hand, none of those fragment on a scale as large as NTFS's. And btw, using JFFS2 on a flash USB device is not that easy, last time I tried it needed MTD support, which ain't funny to enable on an user system. Actually, ext3 and XFS at least fragment quite a bit, to the point that XFS _does_ have tools to defragment a filesystem. On the other hand, none of those fragment on a scale as large as NTFS’s.

And btw, using JFFS2 on a flash USB device is not that easy, last time I tried it needed MTD support, which ain’t funny to enable on an user system.

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