Filesystem used other than ext3.

[Andrey Andreev]

Badli Al Rashid wrote:

> Hai,
> 
> Just wondering , does anyone use other filesystem than ext3? as im used 
> to installed using the default fs which is ext3. i know that we can use 
> the "linux reiserfs" or "linux jfs" option but whats the use of using 
> other fs rather than the default?
> 
> does it impact performance for the server, example mail, fileserving 
> with samba etc?
> 
> thanks
> 
> 

Performance is affected, see

http://fsbench.netnation.com/

Arguably reliability and compatibility are affected too.

I keep /boot and /bin on ext3, the rest on reiser4.

Regards,

Andrey