Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932139AbWJLOU5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Oct 2006 10:20:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932479AbWJLOU5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Oct 2006 10:20:57 -0400 Received: from mailer.gwdg.de ([134.76.10.26]:20158 "EHLO mailer.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932462AbWJLOU4 (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Oct 2006 10:20:56 -0400 Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 16:19:24 +0200 (MEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: roland cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: The Future of ReiserFS development In-Reply-To: <005a01c6edd9$7cfb7be0$962e8d52@aldipc> Message-ID: References: <005a01c6edd9$7cfb7be0$962e8d52@aldipc> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Report: Content analysis: 0.0 points, 6.0 required _SUMMARY_ Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 825 Lines: 24 >> > What is the plan? Could i >> > migrate from reiserfs to another journaling filesystem? >> >> Of course: Simply backup, mkfs and restore! > > not that simple if you have hundreds of thousands or even millions of small > files ! > reiserfs is quite efficient in storing small files. Depends. While reiser may get a diskspace bonus for packing, xfs and others have a time bonus for not packing, and that's more important when having lots of files. Disk space is quite cheap nowaedays. > don`t know if there is anyfilesystem which is as efficient with this..... -`J' -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/