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  From: Matthew Geddes <mgeddes@tellurian.com.au>
  To  : Dale Long <dalel@loftuscomp.com.au>
  Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 15:22:17 +0930

Re: XFS

Dale Long wrote:
> 
> > XFS
> >
> > I like XFS. There's a RedHat Installer and XFS V1.0.1 is a total no
> > brainer to install except for two extra disk swaps. It's noticebably
> > faster than ext2 and it reboots unclean in no time. It apparently
> > understands Samba ACLS and it supports terabytes of storage.
> >
> > It works well with NFS - unlike ReiserFS - and it has a dump program
> > already unlike ReiserFS.
> >
> > It's crap at deleting lots of files, but who cares?
> 
> What areas have you used XFS in?
> 
> Is the dump program a part of the XFS package, or is it a project which is
> similar to the ext2 dump on sourceforge?
> 
> Could you let me know the URL of the main XFS (for Linux) site?

I think everything you need to know is on SGI's web site. A search on
freshmeat.net would probably point you in the right direction.

Hope it helps,
Matt

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