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#1 2012-02-08 12:02:32

aardwolf
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ext3 or ext4

Hello,

When installing Archlinux on a new computer, which do you think would be the best choice of file system: ext3 or ext4?

Does ext4 still have potential instability issues, or is it very reliable now?

Is there maybe another filesystem I should look at instead?

Thanks!

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#2 2012-02-08 12:15:21

litemotiv
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Re: ext3 or ext4

Go for ext4, it's faster and stable.


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#3 2012-02-08 12:23:27

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Re: ext3 or ext4

Ext4 with no doubt smile

XFS would be a nice option if you are dealing with large files (AFAIK)

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#4 2012-02-08 13:31:24

cybertorture
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Re: ext3 or ext4

ext4 for pentium 3 (and equivalents ) with 512 or more memory, ext3 if system is below that


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#5 2012-02-08 13:39:21

DSpider
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Re: ext3 or ext4

JFS is probably better for something slower than a Pentium III, at least for the root drive + ext4 for storage partitions.

Otherwise, ext4 all the way.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Be … stem_types

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#6 2012-02-08 13:54:32

karol
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Re: ext3 or ext4

ext3's fsck times are pretty slow. I have a 40 GB ext3 and it's painful. I literally grab a cup of coffee while waiting for it to finish. It takes minutes.
My other box is 80 GB ext4 and fsck takes just a couple extra seconds compared to the regular (w/o fsck) boot.

You can tweak both filesystems, depending whether you want to be safe or get extra speed (things like barriers=0) http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation … s/ext4.txt

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#7 2012-02-08 15:15:05

cybertorture
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Re: ext3 or ext4

In addition ext4 have some performance issues if you export it via nfs for large numbers of small files , otherwise its pretty good and reliable.


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#8 2012-02-08 16:35:22

aardwolf
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Re: ext3 or ext4

cybertorture wrote:

ext4 for pentium 3 (and equivalents ) with 512 or more memory, ext3 if system is below that

Wow, now that is historical! big_smile

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#9 2012-02-09 02:01:05

mich04
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Re: ext3 or ext4

It depends,
if you are running an ssd hard drive in this new computer you should install ext4 since it gives support for it.


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