Fedora 11 and Ext4: The Straight Bits

[Ashiqur Rahman Angel]

What about the data loss issues with delayed allocation of ext4? Afaik, a
fix has been released also. Does tomorrow's release include them? Anyone can
confirm?

On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 11:33 PM, Jack Aboutboul <jaa at redhat.com> wrote:

> Read the complete interview here:
> http://jaboutboul.blogspot.com/2009/06/fedora-11-and-ext4-straight-bits.html
>
> Let's face it--We're addicted! To files that is. More importantly, we are
> addicted to the massively large and ever increasing storage devices upon
> which we store those files. Make no mistake though, like any addiction,
> storing content comes at a cost and usually those costs are paid at the
> filesystem level. We all want more space and we all want better performance
> when it comes to disk I/O and a junkie's wishlist never ends.
>
> Fedora 11, when released tomorrow, will be the first distribution to boast
> the inclusion of ext4, the latest incarnation in the extended file system
> family, as default. Ext4 brings with it support for larger filesystems,
> larger single file size and many improvements in almost every imaginable
> facet. Join me for an interview with Eric Sandeen, renown file system
> hacker, Red Hat Engineer and Fedora Contributor as he takes on a little trip
> down Filesystem Alley and explains what filesystems are, where did they come
> from, why should we care and why they along with Fedora 11 are prepping to
> take over the WOOOOORLD!
>
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