mcnuttj LQ Newbie

Registered: Jun 2004 Distribution: RedHat Enterprise Posts: 5

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Ext# Quote: Ook Originally Posted by Ext2 was the de-facto file system for the longest time, but it seems we breezed through ext3 to ext4. Anyone care to share some real world experiences that gives them cause to favor ext3 or ext4?



I'd say the choice is more a matter of "not having a problem with the new stuff" than a conscious decision. Also, most of my systems that were built with distros that used ext2 or ext3 by default have all been replaced by now. I found that ext3 performed significantly better than ext2 on sparse filesystems, and ReiserFS performed better still. Since then, my need for such high performance filesystems has waned (so I don't worry about it in the first place) and the default on installed systems went to ext4.I'd say the choice is more a matter of "not having a problem with the new stuff" than a conscious decision. Also, most of my systems that were built with distros that used ext2 or ext3 by default have all been replaced by now.