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minus-squareSwooshBakery624 [they/them]@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoI haven’t used ext4 for a couple of years. Does it really have any advantages over xfs and btrfs?
minus-squareexdor@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 hours 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
minus-squaresunbeam60@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day agoFor root drives (where recovery may be required) and database drives it still serves a purpose, IMHO.
I haven’t used ext4 for a couple of years. Does it really have any advantages over xfs and btrfs?
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
For root drives (where recovery may be required) and database drives it still serves a purpose, IMHO.