Journaling filesystems for Linux

[manly]

I will eventually upgrade my main box (*ahem* workstation) from SuSE 7.2 to 7.3

One of the main objectives is to switch from ext2 to a journaling fs.

Although I've read some good things about SGI XFS, the choice will be between ext3 or ReiserFS.

ReiserFS has been shipping w/ SuSE for some time now, and is considered stable. ext3 is new, but I'd like to go with it since it'll be a de facto standard with Red Hat's endorsement.

The only question is, is ext3 stable/reliable enough today? I'm not worried about filesystem conversion because I'll be doing a clean install for a change. Links to sites/reviews are gladly appreciated.

 

[Nothinman]

I run ext3 on my sparc and it works fine, can't really judge the speed as the SCSI controller the disks are hooked up to is slow as sh!t because it's so old.

Personally for my workstation I use XFS and wouldn't settle for anything less. reiserfs is too young for my blood, they change the ondisk format every revision and reiserf4 is already a total rewrite, if it ever stabilizes it looks like it'll be a really good filesystem, but for now I don't trust it.

 

[Armitage]

ext3 has been working great for me on two different boxes for a few months now. I've only had 2 hard shutdowns in that time (1 toddler induced, 1 kicked the cord out of the UPS). It came back fine each time.

I've had serious trouble in the past (~6-8 months back) with ReiserFS, but many (most?) people don't. It's supposed to be a bit faster then ext3.

 

[BlackOmen]

I've been using ext3 on my main box for about 4 months now with no problems at all. On my other box, xfs has been used for 3 months with no problems. Both machines have had the plug pulled. Both machines booted right back up. XFS is noticably faster than ext3, and from what I have heard, both are still miles ahead of reiser.