Comments on: Thoughts on ReiserFS http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2006/03/20/thoughts-on-reiserfs/ Stay curious! Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:51:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Xaprb http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2006/03/20/thoughts-on-reiserfs/#comment-146 Xaprb Thu, 30 Mar 2006 02:47:22 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/?p=111#comment-146 <p>I spoke too boldly, Rob! I wasn't saying that on my own authority; Hans Reiser said it in the video, if I recall correctly. If I'm misquoting him, I apologize for that too. (I don't have time to view the movie again and see).</p> <p>I should have said "According to the video..."</p> I spoke too boldly, Rob! I wasn’t saying that on my own authority; Hans Reiser said it in the video, if I recall correctly. If I’m misquoting him, I apologize for that too. (I don’t have time to view the movie again and see).

I should have said “According to the video…”

]]> By: Rob Terrell http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2006/03/20/thoughts-on-reiserfs/#comment-145 Rob Terrell Wed, 29 Mar 2006 18:19:42 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/?p=111#comment-145 <p>You said: <i>Consider this: for the first time in history, a compressed filesystem is faster than an uncompressed one.</i> Not entirely true. Way back in time, when using the Mac OS (System 6) with a SCSI disk drive, you could improve read and write times with DiskDoubler turned on. As drive buffers grew, this advantage disappeared. Still, you've piqued my interest, I'll give 4 a try.</p> You said: Consider this: for the first time in history, a compressed filesystem is faster than an uncompressed one. Not entirely true. Way back in time, when using the Mac OS (System 6) with a SCSI disk drive, you could improve read and write times with DiskDoubler turned on. As drive buffers grew, this advantage disappeared. Still, you’ve piqued my interest, I’ll give 4 a try.

]]> By: Tim McCormack http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2006/03/20/thoughts-on-reiserfs/#comment-110 Tim McCormack Tue, 21 Mar 2006 04:41:01 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/?p=111#comment-110 <p>I'm a little worried about compressed file systems. I just had to grep my hard drive for a file I had deleted minutes after creating it, and that would not have been possible on a compressed file system. On the other hand, it does lend itself to data protection -- when you delete your data, it really is pretty much gone.</p> I’m a little worried about compressed file systems. I just had to grep my hard drive for a file I had deleted minutes after creating it, and that would not have been possible on a compressed file system. On the other hand, it does lend itself to data protection — when you delete your data, it really is pretty much gone.

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