Fedora 11 and Ext4: The Straight Bits

[Jack Aboutboul]

Read the complete interview here: 
http://jaboutboul.blogspot.com/2009/06/fedora-11-and-ext4-straight-bits.html

Let's face it--We're addicted! To files that is. More importantly, we 
are addicted to the massively large and ever increasing storage devices 
upon which we store those files. Make no mistake though, like any 
addiction, storing content comes at a cost and usually those costs are 
paid at the filesystem level. We all want more space and we all want 
better performance when it comes to disk I/O and a junkie's wishlist 
never ends.

Fedora 11, when released tomorrow, will be the first distribution to 
boast the inclusion of ext4, the latest incarnation in the extended file 
system family, as default. Ext4 brings with it support for larger 
filesystems, larger single file size and many improvements in almost 
every imaginable facet. Join me for an interview with Eric Sandeen, 
renown file system hacker, Red Hat Engineer and Fedora Contributor as he 
takes on a little trip down Filesystem Alley and explains what 
filesystems are, where did they come from, why should we care and why 
they along with Fedora 11 are prepping to take over the WOOOOORLD!

[David Ramsey]

> Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 13:33:25 -0400
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> To: [e-mail]; [e-mail]; [e-mail]
> CC: 
> Subject: [Ambassadors] Fedora 11 and Ext4: The Straight Bits

Hello Everyone,
> Read the complete interview here: 
> http://jaboutboul.blogspot.com/2009/06/fedora-11-and-ext4-straight-bits.html

Great reading of the interview indeed, thank you for posting Jack!  :)
> Let's face it--We're addicted! To files that is. More importantly, we are addicted to the massively large and ever increasing storage devices upon which we store those files. Make no mistake though, like any addiction, storing content comes at a cost and usually those costs are paid at the filesystem level. We all want more space and we all want better performance when it comes to disk I/O and a junkie's wishlist never ends.
> Fedora 11, when released tomorrow, will be the first distribution to boast the inclusion of ext4, the latest incarnation in the extended file system family, as default. Ext4 brings with it support for larger filesystems, larger single file size and many improvements in almost every imaginable facet. Join me for an interview with Eric Sandeen, renown file system hacker, Red Hat Engineer and Fedora Contributor as he takes on a little trip down Filesystem Alley and explains what filesystems are, where did they come from, why should we care and why they along with Fedora 11 are prepping to take over the WOOOOORLD!

Is question 4, correct?  :)

I like question 5's answer I am trying to get a better understanding of ext4.  May be we will find out that the new Google Data Center's file systems will be employing ext4...  ;)

I like question 7's answer, too and as an adventurous user, I will try out the BtrFS on one of my test systems after the Fedora 11 release.  :)

Please have a great day!  :~)

Thank You

Sincerely

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- David -

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David Ramsey

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[hagr182]

Thanks for posting! By the way i "tipped off" engadget and several other
blogs about tomorrow´s realease, lets hope they listen!!

On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 5:46 PM, David Ramsey wrote:
> > Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 13:33:25 -0400
> > From: [e-mail]
> > To: [e-mail]; [e-mail];
>
> [e-mail]
> > CC:
> > Subject: [Ambassadors] Fedora 11 and Ext4: The Straight Bits
>
> Hello Everyone,
> > Read the complete interview here:
>
> http://jaboutboul.blogspot.com/2009/06/fedora-11-and-ext4-straight-bits.html
>
> Great reading of the interview indeed, thank you for posting Jack!  :)
> > Let's face it--We're addicted! To files that is. More importantly, we are
>
> addicted to the massively large and ever increasing storage devices upon
> which we store those files. Make no mistake though, like any addiction,
> storing content comes at a cost and usually those costs are paid at the
> filesystem level. We all want more space and we all want better performance
> when it comes to disk I/O and a junkie's wishlist never ends.
> > Fedora 11, when released tomorrow, will be the first distribution to
>
> boast the inclusion of ext4, the latest incarnation in the extended file
> system family, as default. Ext4 brings with it support for larger
> filesystems, larger single file size and many improvements in almost every
> imaginable facet. Join me for an interview with Eric Sandeen, renown file
> system hacker, Red Hat Engineer and Fedora Contributor as he takes on a
> little trip down Filesystem Alley and explains what filesystems are, where
> did they come from, why should we care and why they along with Fedora 11 are
> prepping to take over the WOOOOORLD!
>
> Is question 4, correct?  :)
>
> I like question 5's answer I am trying to get a better understanding of
> ext4.  May be we will find out that the new Google Data Center's file
> systems will be employing ext4...  ;)
>
> I like question 7's answer, too and as an adventurous user, I will try out
> the BtrFS on one of my test systems after the Fedora 11 release.  :)
>
> Please have a great day!  :~)
>
> Thank You
> Sincerely
> =-=-=-=-=
> David -
>
> =-=-=-=-=
> David Ramsey
> =
> Fedora Project's Japan & Maryland Ambassador
> [e-mail]
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Dramsey
> Fedora 9 (Sulphur) kernel - vmlinuz-2.6.27.24-78.2.53.fc9.i686
> Fedora 10 (Cambridge) kernel - vmlinuz-2.6.27.24-170.2.68.fc10.i686
> Fedora 11 (Leonidas) Preview kernel - vmlinuz-2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i586
> =
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