Is 5.3 and ext4 going to be safe? I have seen a couple reports of data loss using ext4? Has this already been fixed? What does the list recommend? ext3/ ext4? Thought maybe today we would start seeing 5.3 showing up... Looking forward to it. Jerry
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 8:04 AM, Jerry Geis <geisj at pagestation.com> wrote:> Is 5.3 and ext4 going to be safe?Define 'safe'> I have seen a couple reports of data loss using ext4?No. You've read reports about applications that had relied on a feature/bug of ext3 eating data when using ext4.> Has this already been fixed?No.> What does the list recommend? ext3/ ext4?For what application type? I've been running ext4 in development with apache and it's working okay, but it's also development. I haven't tested it under any real sort of load. Just to see that it worked.> Thought maybe today we would start seeing 5.3 showing up... Looking > forward to it.-- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell
On Thursday 19 March 2009, Jerry Geis wrote:> Is 5.3 and ext4 going to be safe? > I have seen a couple reports of data loss using ext4? > Has this already been fixed?Like Jim said, not ext4's fault.> What does the list recommend? ext3/ ext4?Ext4 (actually ext4dev) in 5.3 will be a preview and not meant for general use. So most people should probably stay with ext3. /Peter> Thought maybe today we would start seeing 5.3 showing up... Looking > forward to it.-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20090319/26f71e2f/attachment-0003.sig>