Christoph Kaegi <kgc@zhwin.ch> writes:

> > Try ReiserFS on Linux, even mounted "sync" this filesystem kicks butt with 
> > many small files scenario. Should take under a few seconds to remove that 
> > file tree. 
> 
> Is somebody still actively working on LFS?
> 
> Would it be possible to import ReiserFS into
> the NetBSD Kernel?

 Reiser FS has few issues that make it highly controversial file system. Yes,
 it can be probably very (or even extremely) fast on some types of workload
 but lack of reliable repairing tool like `fsck_reiserfs' makes it pointless
 and very dangerous in real use. What they currently have under the name
 `fsck.reiserfs' is more like a stub and, moreover, the kernel code refuses
 to mount the dirty file system even in read only mode. In case if you have
 bad disk block in metadata area on Reiser fs populated volume, it is
 completely impossible to do anything with your data (you can't even mount to
 make a partial backup of your file system) and defective hard drives still
 do appear (recent story with IBM IDE DTLA 75Gb disks, for example).

Take care,
O