On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 11:28:11AM +0100, Joe Radinger wrote: > a) i'm using kernel 2.4.17 and use ext3 in it. is it possible that the > whole system is slower than with ext2? i switched back to ext2 (great > feature!!!) and the system's response seemed somewhat better. > should/could there be such a effect as double writing of journaled data? Depends on what you do. FOr certain applications, ext3 can be faster than ext2 > b) is reiserfs compatible with ext3? No. > is it possible use both journaling filesystems at the same time (of > course on different partitions :)) Yes. -- Ralf Hildebrandt (Im Auftrag des Referat V A) Ralf.Hildebrandt@charite.de Charite Campus Virchow-Klinikum Tel. +49 (0)30-450 570-155 Referat V A - Kommunikationsnetze - Fax. +49 (0)30-450 570-916 A distributed system is one in which the failure of a computer you didn't even know existed can render your own computer unusable.