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EXT4 Is Coming

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the we're-going-five-blades dept.

ah admin writes "A series of patches has been proposed in Linux kernel mailing list earlier by a team of engineers from Red Hat, ClusterFS, IBM and Bull to extend the Ext3 filesystem to add support for very large filesystems. After a long-winded discussion, the developers came forward with a plan to roll these changes into a new version — Ext4."

4 of 182 comments (clear)

  1. Sounds like a good idea. by Ant+P. · · Score: 5, Funny

    This'll fill the gap between now and when Reiser4 is declared stable - some time after Duke Nukem Forever gets released.

  2. ClusterFS by schon · · Score: 5, Funny

    engineers from Red Hat, ClusterFS, IBM

    OK, hands up - who wants to run ClusterFS so that they can say they needed to do a "clusterfsck"?

  3. Pattern by Eudial · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ext2...Ext3...Ext4

    Wait... I think I can detect a pattern. The next number has to be Ext7½!

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    GAAH! MY PRINTER IS ON FIRE!!! PUT IT OUT! PUT IT OUT!
  4. Re:define very large by runep · · Score: 3, Funny
    Let me put it this way, it's a little past the average slashdot porn collection:
    I think you underestimate the combination of lonely geeks, OCD, unemployment, broadband and wget.