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minus-squareSwooshBakery624 [they/them]@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI haven’t used ext4 for a couple of years. Does it really have any advantages over xfs and btrfs?
minus-squaresunbeam60@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoFor root drives (where recovery may be required) and database drives it still serves a purpose, IMHO.
minus-squareexdor@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoIt is the fastest, nothing more No transparent compression is important too, you will need more storage than when using BTRFS with zstd compression Also no deduplication, so again more storage
I haven’t used ext4 for a couple of years. Does it really have any advantages over xfs and btrfs?
For root drives (where recovery may be required) and database drives it still serves a purpose, IMHO.
It is the fastest, nothing more
No transparent compression is important too, you will need more storage than when using BTRFS with zstd compression
Also no deduplication, so again more storage