On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 8:40 AM, Woehrle Hartmut SBB CFF FFS (Extern) < hartmut.woehrle at sbb.ch> wrote: > >Hi All. > > > >What is the status of ReiserFS in CentOS at the moment? I have some > servers which use it as a loadable kernel module. I am thinking about a > filesystem for database >systems and would like to know if ReiserFS will be > maintained in CentOS/Linux kernel in the future? > Since Hans Reiser will be in prison for the next 10 years and the homepage > of the company namesys - which is/was the main developing team - is no > longer reachable, I think the future will more than vague. I don't even > know if there is someone in charge for the development. > So I think this filesystem will slowly disappear. > > CU > Hartmut > > > >Best regards, > >Rafal. > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > http://www.serverfocus.org/reiserfs-vs-ext4-vs-xfs-vs-zfs-vs-btrfs To be honest, given Hans Reiser's antagonism to the Linux community and his arrogance to name an FS after himself, well, I hope that that filesystem simply fades. Was rewriting huge chunks of the kernel really necessary? In the above link you can find comparisons between the various file systems, their advantages and disadvantages. Perhaps you can find something more contemporary that can help you?