From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 18 11:31:35 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C11FB16A468 for ; Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:31:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from outbound-mail-108.bluehost.com (outbound-mail-108.bluehost.com [69.89.22.8]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8961413C4D1 for ; Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:31:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (qmail 25638 invoked by uid 0); 18 Dec 2007 12:24:49 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box183.bluehost.com) (69.89.25.183) by xmail.bluehost.com with SMTP; 18 Dec 2007 12:24:49 -0000 Received: from c-24-9-123-251.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.9.123.251] helo=demeter.hydra) by box183.bluehost.com with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1J4aaP-0005dK-Bw for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:26:09 -0700 Received: from demeter.hydra (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by demeter.hydra (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id lBIBQ801043114 for ; Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:26:08 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (from ren@localhost) by demeter.hydra (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id lBIBQ71Q043113 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:26:07 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) X-Authentication-Warning: demeter.hydra: ren set sender to perrin@apotheon.com using -f Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:26:07 -0700 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20071218112607.GA43092@demeter.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20071217063559.GB33846@demeter.hydra> <20071218050403.GA41080@demeter.hydra> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {737:box183.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.net} {sentby:bopbeforesmtp 24.9.123.251 authed with apotheon.com} Subject: Re: common filesystem for Linux and FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:31:35 -0000 On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 11:06:30AM +0100, Ivan Voras wrote: > Chad Perrin wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 10:39:31AM +0100, Ivan Voras wrote: > >> Chad Perrin wrote: > >> > >>> That being the case, there is some data I would like to keep available to > >>> both FreeBSD and Linux systems, in stable read/write access with > >>> reasonably high access performance for both (fast enough to achieve > >>> decent frame rates, for instance). This seems to rule out both ext3 and > >>> UFS2. What filesystem(s) meet(s) my needs in this case? > >> Since you didn't state anything about reliability, ext2 will maybe help > >> you :) > > > > I thought "stable" covered that. > > ext2fs is "stable" in the sense that there are no known bugs, and it's > 100% compatible with Linux. It "just works". > > Unless you get frequent power outages or similar "hard" errors, the lack > of journaling shouldn't bother you much. Ah, I understand your meaning now. I thought you meant reliable operation, and you just meant to refer to the fault-tolerance of the filesystem itself. Much clearer now. Thanks. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Leon Festinger: "A man with a conviction is a hard man to change. Tell him you disagree and he turns away. Show him facts and figures and he questions your sources. Appeal to logic and he fails to see your point."