[Bradford] The end of ReiserFS

[Steve Kerr]

Darren

Rather than convert the filesystem, if that's even possible, you could get
new 1TB HDD for around £20 - £40, I have just seen a new 1TB HDD on eBay
for £22.84. Although that's not a zero amount, it may be the safest
approach. You should probably avoid buying a second hand drive unless you
have time to test it before use. Also, assuming you have a backup of the
data on this drive, you could take the (slightly risky) approach of
reformatting the drive and restoring the backup!

As for what filesystem to move to, XFS (for performance) and ext4 (for
compatibility) are mature and considered a safe bet. If you want extra
features (e.g. snapshots) then Btrfs is now deemed to be mature, even
though it had a rocky early life. Your should probably avoid ZFS for single
drive configurations as it doesn't give any real advantages and is more
complicated to set up and manage.

One other thing, you didn't mention if this is a boot drive or just data
storage as it may change your options.

Steve

On Mon, 2 Dec 2024 at 21:56, Darren Menachem Drapkin via Bradford <
bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:

> Bad news & a query,
>
> I have seen on my message of the day that resierFS, my main filling
> system, is officially deprecated and, due to be dropped from the kernel,
> in 2025.
>
> What do any of you suggest for someone who probably can not re-format
> his 900Gbyte hard drive in time?
>
> __
> Yours in anticipation
> Darren Drapkin
>
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