Re: [TCLUG:17578] Partition: swap

[Callum Lerwick <lerwick@tcfreenet.org>]

> There are a number of options out there, of which ReiserFS is probably
> the leader.  The Global Filesystem is probably an option, though I know
> those guys don't recommend using it in a production environment (yet),

Though there are people doing so. ;)

> and I understand it is not optimized for local storage (though it could
> be).  

My understanding was it is. ;)

> Ext3 is also out there, but I really haven't heard much about it.

Ext3 is just 2 with journaling added. So no, it isn't going to fix any
file size limitations or anything.

> One problem with ReiserFS, though, is that it cannot be used on an NFS
> server.  Unlike most Unix filesystems, ReiserFS doesn't have inodes, per
> se.  I imagine they could be emulated in some way, and maybe that has
> actually happened in the time since I've paid any attention ;-)

Though someone mentioned a kludge to make this work.

Down with NFS! ;)