Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 12th Jun 2008 20:46 UTC, submitted by LinucksGirl
Journaling file systems used to be an oddity primarily for research purposes, but today it's the default in Linux. Discover the ideas behind journaling file systems, and learn how they provide better integrity in the face of a power failure or system crash. Learn about the various journaling file systems in use today, and peek into the next generation of journaling file systems.
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Member since:2005-07-06
"Finally, the ReiserFS journaling file system blazed many new trails when it was introduced and found wide adoption. Its evolution is now diminished because of the legal issues of its original author.
I find that a pretty daft thing to write. "
I quite agree, it’s not like he loses his copyright because he is imprisoned…
Member since:2006-01-06
I quite agree, its not like he loses his copyright because he is imprisoned
Yeah, but if you're the kind of person who refuses to use software from anybody you consider "evil", you're gonna need to add ReiserFS to your list. I mean, if you're gonna lump Microsoft into that category, you have to do the same for Reiser ... right? ;-p
Member since:2005-09-14
That doesn't really seem to be the point they were trying to make with that sentence though, all they were saying was that its continued development/enhancement are in a state of flux, since Hans is in fact the principal author/designer, and the fate of Namesys if he does wind up in prison remains to be seen.
Edited 2008-06-13 03:59 UTC
Member since:2006-02-05
I find that a pretty daft thing to write. ReiserFS is still used by a great many people because it still does what it was designed to do very well, and there were more people involved with ReiserFS than Hans.
It isn't daft, Namesys has pretty much fallen to pieces, and no real work is being done on reiserFS anymore.
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2005-07-06
I find that a pretty daft thing to write. ReiserFS is still used by a great many people because it still does what it was designed to do very well, and there were more people involved with ReiserFS than Hans.
Its usage has diminished mainly because the focus of development was switched from maintenance of Reiser 3 to a new and completely incompatible filesystem in Reiser4 that people weren't just going to reformat and move to overnight. While I still expect lots of useful things to come out of Reiser4, it serves as a bit of a warning to people who think they can just breeze in with a totally new and uber cool filesystem and expect it to be widely adopted.
Additionally, I don't see widespread adoption or support of JFS at all. You usually have to jump through some pretty reasonable hoops to get JFS on most distributions, and XFS holds more confidence for more people in most use cases for such a filesystem.
Edited 2008-06-12 21:52 UTC