Linux server admins must think carefully about which file system to choose -- XFS or ext4 -- based on each device's role and storage requirements. Desktop deployment and support personnel may find a ...

Cc: linux-fsdevel-AT-vger.kernel.org, Christoph Hellwig <hch-AT-lst.de>, hch-AT-lst.de, linux-fsdevel-AT-vger.kernel.org, linux-xfs-AT-vger.kernel.org ...

So a couple people (drag, I think?) labeled XFS as particularly "robust" and fast and, presumably, awesome. OK. This is not an argument, this is a question: if it's more robust than ext4, why are we ...

Normally, files exist in a filesystem to keep data contained within them separated; seeing data exchanged directly between files is often a sign of filesystem corruption. There are, however, use cases ...