Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 3rd Oct 2006 18:50 UTC
OpenSUSE 10.2 will no longer user ReiserFS as its default filesystem. "We've been using ReiserFS as our default installation file system for the last 6-7 years now, and it's served us well in that time. Unfortunately, there are a number of problems with it, some purely technical, some more related to maintenance. I'll outline a few of the larger issues and offer my solution as a conclusion."
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2005-11-14
True. On my Powerbook, I've run both Linux and OS X, and the latter will regularly destroy its root FS unrecoverably. With Linux, which had to run ext2 for its root FS, and usually had ReiserFS for the others, I've only had one unrecoverable error -- a minor one on ext2 that made e2fsck segfault, while the FS was still readable. A simple copy, reinitialize and restore fixed the problem.
So my experience says HFS+ w/journaling < ext2 < ReiserFS 3, and the same for their respective fscks. Most other people would say e2fsck is one of the more robust programs out there, and reiserfsck doesn't have the same reputation. Also, saying that HFS+ with journaling is as stable as nitroglyserin is clearly contradicted by all those Mac users who seem perfectly happy with it.
My guess is that hardware weirdness will have different consequences for different FSs, and ReiserFS isn't necessarily the worst. My own experience with it has always been positive.