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Old 02-01-2012, 10:20 AM   #1
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SSD, ext4 or xfs?


which is better/faster, ext4 or xfs for / on ssd drive?
 
Old 02-01-2012, 11:13 AM   #2
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I'd always associated XFS with huge files on huge disks, but a look at wikipedia revealed the statement "a suitable candidate for the use of an solid-state drive (SSD) device". But it also says that few Linux distros allow grub to be installed on XFS; if that's still true, you'd need a separate ext4 /boot.
 
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Old 02-01-2012, 11:22 AM   #3
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I would use JFS, or if you want TRIM use ext4.

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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...38_large&num=1
 
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Old 02-01-2012, 12:20 PM   #4
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ok, I'll go for ext4 then because of TRIM support.
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