[SATLUG] choosing a filesystem

[Al Castanoli]

On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 07:41 -0800, Alex Bartonek wrote:
> I downloaded SuSE 10.2 and noticed the default fs is
> ext3.  I currently use reiserfs and its served me
> well..I've "accidentally" powered off my system and
> others a few times only to have reiserfs save my hide.
> I've done some reading on reiser vs. ext3 vs. xfs etc
> but want to know if there are any stats on which is
> best for desktop use.  (head to head comparison would
> be nice)  For what I do..video editing would be the
> biggest hd hog, but I also run a VMWare session which
> is my webserver and another vm machine.
> 
> Alex

Jeff Mahoney at SUSE labs explained the change last September at:
http://linux.wordpress.com/2006/09/27/suse-102-ditching-reiserfs-as-it-default-fs/

Although he doesn't come right out and say it, I imagine the main
concern is how will Hans Reiser be able to maintain the file system's
updates since he's been arrested for suspicion of murder?
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/10/BAGERLM3RR15.DTL
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/15741175.htm

Al Castanoli