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  • Reiser4 Updated For Linux 4.12, Experimental Data Striping Support

    Phoronix: Reiser4 Updated For Linux 4.12, Experimental Data Striping Support

    Those using the Reiser4 file-system in some capacity can now safely upgrade to the Linux 4.12 kernel...

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    *insert killer features comment here*

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    • #3
      Despite reading the linked mail, I could not find the information "What goal does the data striping support aim to achieve?"

      Does the author expect any performance benefits from it?

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      • #4
        Originally posted by InsideJob View Post
        Is being a code monkey part of his parole agreement?
        The killer is still jailed, the dev doing work here is one of the guys in his old team.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by dwagner View Post
          Despite reading the linked mail, I could not find the information "What goal does the data striping support aim to achieve?"

          Does the author expect any performance benefits from it?
          Yes, that is a primary goal of it, a la RAID 0.
          Originally posted by Data_striping wiki
          In computer data storage, data striping is the technique of segmenting logically sequential data, such as a file, so that consecutive segments are stored on different physical storage devices.

          Striping is useful when a processing device requests data more quickly than a single storage device can provide it. By spreading segments across multiple devices which can be accessed concurrently, total data throughput is increased. It is also a useful method for balancing I/O load across an array of disks. Striping is used across disk drives in redundant array of independent disks (RAID) storage, network interface controllers, different computers in clustered file systems and grid-oriented storage, and RAM in some systems.

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          • #6
            They should just change the name already.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by dwagner View Post
              What goal does the data striping support aim to achieve?
              It can either mean a performance optimization for RAID (à la XFS) or multidevice support (à la Btrfs). By the title of the latest commit, I'm guessing the latter. He probably read the news that Fedora is abandoning Btrfs.

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              • #8
                Some people need to grow up. Won't use a piece of software because of the name? Whoever named the file system check "fsck" knew what they were doing.

                Use it or don't use but not because of a name.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by profoundWHALE View Post
                  Some people need to grow up. Won't use a piece of software because of the name? Whoever named the file system check "fsck" knew what they were doing.

                  Use it or don't use but not because of a name.
                  Sorry, but would you make the same argument for DahmerFS? What about HitlerFS or StalinFS? MansonFS?
                  Names matter I'm afraid, if you want your project to be taken seriously.

                  The developer should have forked the code a long time ago and named it after himself, or something else entirely.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by andreano View Post
                    He probably read the news that Fedora is abandoning Btrfs.
                    then he should read somewhere that fedora will not abandon out of tree fs because it will not use it in the first place

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