Ext3 to XFS
I'm considering switching from Ext3 to XFS, the supposed king-mamma-jamma of journaled filesystems. Why? Just 'cause I wanna. I read that the write speeds are slower but drive seeking is notably faster, which should translate into snappier system performance IMHYIO.
So, the only stuff I've managed to find is outdated and read like data loss is to be expected from the conversion, and I'm not finding much info on SGI's site. It _is_ possible I'm looking in the wrong place though.
Has anyone successfully migrated to XFS from Ext3? Did it involve a lot of convoluted backups and moving data around all over your disks? Do we really need more than one version of coke&tm; I have good backups but I don't really wanna reload 15 CD's worth of stuff back onto my harddrive.
So, the only stuff I've managed to find is outdated and read like data loss is to be expected from the conversion, and I'm not finding much info on SGI's site. It _is_ possible I'm looking in the wrong place though.
Has anyone successfully migrated to XFS from Ext3? Did it involve a lot of convoluted backups and moving data around all over your disks? Do we really need more than one version of coke&tm; I have good backups but I don't really wanna reload 15 CD's worth of stuff back onto my harddrive.
