Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 2 Apr 2002 11:03:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 2 Apr 2002 11:03:00 -0500 Received: from Expansa.sns.it ([192.167.206.189]:55558 "EHLO Expansa.sns.it") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 2 Apr 2002 11:02:56 -0500 Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 18:02:54 +0200 (CEST) From: Luigi Genoni To: Ken Brownfield cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Status of quotas on ext3 and reiser? In-Reply-To: <20020401211410.A9161@asooo.flowerfire.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I am using quota with reiserFS and quota tool 3.04 from slackware-current, and no problems at all (kernel 2.4.18) On Mon, 1 Apr 2002, Ken Brownfield wrote: > I'm about to install a 2TB disk array, and I'd very strongly prefer to > use ext3 or possibly reiser to gain journaling. Fscking 250GB is > already lethal. > > But I also need quotas. I've noticed that quotas do not appear to be > supported by ext3, but I haven't tried reiser yet. And I'm not sure > if I simply need new quota userspace tools -- the ones I found were 1994 > vintage. I'm on RH6.2 BTW for this case, and the builtin tools don't > appear to grok ext3. > > What is the current viability of quotas on ext3/reiser in a > conservative, production environment? Is it waiting for the 32-bit UID > mods in 2.4.x, or has quota support been pushed off onto 2.5? Am I > going to have to make the hard choice of journaling vs quotas? :-/ > > I couldn't find a definitive answer in the archives; sorry if this is a > FAQ. I'd bug poor Andrew Morton directly :), but I'm also interested in > the status or reiser vs quotas. > > Thanks, > -- > Ken. > ken@irridia.com > - > 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/ > - 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/