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#1 2009-06-05 12:34:44

tricky
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[SOLVED] Ext3 Is it ok?

Hi Archers,

Just a quickie.

When I installed Arch I chose ext3 as my filesystem.
It works fine and I'm happy with it.

Just wondering if I would be better to use a different filesystem like ext4 or something.
In terms of efficiency, performance...

Am I fine as is or is there a reason (and a way) to use another filesystem?.

I have an external HDD NTFS ( a legacy from Windows) and I have to plug it into a Windows machine to defrag it, that's my only pain.

Last edited by tricky (2009-06-05 16:37:08)

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#2 2009-06-05 13:12:09

lucke
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Re: [SOLVED] Ext3 Is it ok?

I'd suggest waiting for the release of kernel 2.6.30, which should happen in a few days, and then converting to ext4.

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ext4

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#3 2009-06-05 16:32:15

VoodooSteve
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Re: [SOLVED] Ext3 Is it ok?

If you're happy with ext3, I see no reason to change. The performance increases with other filesystems are rather trivial in day to day use. Maybe next time you have to reinstall you can take another look at different filesystems but for now I don't think it's worth the hassle of switching.

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#4 2009-06-05 16:36:45

tricky
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Re: [SOLVED] Ext3 Is it ok?

Thank You Folks.;)

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#5 2009-06-05 20:08:53

linkmaster03
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Re: [SOLVED] Ext3 Is it ok?

The only significant difference you'd see between ext3 and ext4 is that fsck is amazingly fast on ext4.

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#6 2009-06-05 20:51:04

lucke
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Re: [SOLVED] Ext3 Is it ok?

Better general performance and fragmentation handling (extents, delayed allocatiion, online defragmentation, fallocate support) do matter.

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