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Ext3 Filesystem
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-ext3 was originally released in September 1999. Written by Stephen Tweedie
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-for 2.2 branch, and ported to 2.4 kernels by Peter Braam, Andreas Dilger,
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+Ext3 was originally released in September 1999. Written by Stephen Tweedie
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+for the 2.2 branch, and ported to 2.4 kernels by Peter Braam, Andreas Dilger,
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Andrew Morton, Alexander Viro, Ted Ts'o and Stephen Tweedie.
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-ext3 is ext2 filesystem enhanced with journalling capabilities.
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+Ext3 is the ext2 filesystem enhanced with journalling capabilities.
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Options
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@@ -14,69 +14,71 @@ Options
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When mounting an ext3 filesystem, the following option are accepted:
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(*) == default
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-jounal=update Update the ext3 file system's journal to the
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- current format.
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+journal=update Update the ext3 file system's journal to the current
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+ format.
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-journal=inum When a journal already exists, this option is
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- ignored. Otherwise, it specifies the number of
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- the inode which will represent the ext3 file
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- system's journal file.
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+journal=inum When a journal already exists, this option is ignored.
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+ Otherwise, it specifies the number of the inode which
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+ will represent the ext3 file system's journal file.
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journal_dev=devnum When the external journal device's major/minor numbers
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- have changed, this option allows to specify the new
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- journal location. The journal device is identified
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- through its new major/minor numbers encoded in devnum.
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+ have changed, this option allows the user to specify
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+ the new journal location. The journal device is
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+ identified through its new major/minor numbers encoded
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+ in devnum.
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noload Don't load the journal on mounting.
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-data=journal All data are committed into the journal prior
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- to being written into the main file system.
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+data=journal All data are committed into the journal prior to being
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+ written into the main file system.
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data=ordered (*) All data are forced directly out to the main file
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- system prior to its metadata being committed to
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- the journal.
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+ system prior to its metadata being committed to the
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+ journal.
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-data=writeback Data ordering is not preserved, data may be
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- written into the main file system after its
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- metadata has been committed to the journal.
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+data=writeback Data ordering is not preserved, data may be written
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+ into the main file system after its metadata has been
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+ committed to the journal.
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commit=nrsec (*) Ext3 can be told to sync all its data and metadata
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every 'nrsec' seconds. The default value is 5 seconds.
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- This means that if you lose your power, you will lose,
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- as much, the latest 5 seconds of work (your filesystem
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- will not be damaged though, thanks to journaling). This
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- default value (or any low value) will hurt performance,
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- but it's good for data-safety. Setting it to 0 will
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- have the same effect than leaving the default 5 sec.
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+ This means that if you lose your power, you will lose
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+ as much as the latest 5 seconds of work (your
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+ filesystem will not be damaged though, thanks to the
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+ journaling). This default value (or any low value)
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+ will hurt performance, but it's good for data-safety.
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+ Setting it to 0 will have the same effect as leaving
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+ it at the default (5 seconds).
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Setting it to very large values will improve
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performance.
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-barrier=1 This enables/disables barriers. barrier=0 disables it,
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- barrier=1 enables it.
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+barrier=1 This enables/disables barriers. barrier=0 disables
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+ it, barrier=1 enables it.
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-orlov (*) This enables the new Orlov block allocator. It's enabled
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- by default.
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+orlov (*) This enables the new Orlov block allocator. It is
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+ enabled by default.
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-oldalloc This disables the Orlov block allocator and enables the
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- old block allocator. Orlov should have better performance,
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- we'd like to get some feedback if it's the contrary for
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- you.
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+oldalloc This disables the Orlov block allocator and enables
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+ the old block allocator. Orlov should have better
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+ performance - we'd like to get some feedback if it's
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+ the contrary for you.
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-user_xattr Enables Extended User Attributes. Additionally, you need
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- to have extended attribute support enabled in the kernel
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- configuration (CONFIG_EXT3_FS_XATTR). See the attr(5)
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- manual page and http://acl.bestbits.at to learn more
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- about extended attributes.
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+user_xattr Enables Extended User Attributes. Additionally, you
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+ need to have extended attribute support enabled in the
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+ kernel configuration (CONFIG_EXT3_FS_XATTR). See the
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+ attr(5) manual page and http://acl.bestbits.at/ to
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+ learn more about extended attributes.
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nouser_xattr Disables Extended User Attributes.
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-acl Enables POSIX Access Control Lists support. Additionally,
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- you need to have ACL support enabled in the kernel
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- configuration (CONFIG_EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL). See the acl(5)
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- manual page and http://acl.bestbits.at for more
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- information.
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+acl Enables POSIX Access Control Lists support.
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+ Additionally, you need to have ACL support enabled in
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+ the kernel configuration (CONFIG_EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL).
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+ See the acl(5) manual page and http://acl.bestbits.at/
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+ for more information.
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-noacl This option disables POSIX Access Control List support.
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+noacl This option disables POSIX Access Control List
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+ support.
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reservation
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@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@ bsddf (*) Make 'df' act like BSD.
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minixdf Make 'df' act like Minix.
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check=none Don't do extra checking of bitmaps on mount.
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-nocheck
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+nocheck
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debug Extra debugging information is sent to syslog.
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@@ -97,7 +99,7 @@ errors=continue Keep going on a filesystem error.
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errors=panic Panic and halt the machine if an error occurs.
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grpid Give objects the same group ID as their creator.
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-bsdgroups
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+bsdgroups
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nogrpid (*) New objects have the group ID of their creator.
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sysvgroups
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@@ -108,81 +110,81 @@ resuid=n The user ID which may use the reserved blocks.
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sb=n Use alternate superblock at this location.
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-quota Quota options are currently silently ignored.
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-noquota (see fs/ext3/super.c, line 594)
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+quota
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+noquota
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grpquota
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usrquota
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Specification
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-ext3 shares all disk implementation with ext2 filesystem, and add
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-transactions capabilities to ext2. Journaling is done by the
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-Journaling block device layer.
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+Ext3 shares all disk implementation with the ext2 filesystem, and adds
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+transactions capabilities to ext2. Journaling is done by the Journaling Block
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+Device layer.
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Journaling Block Device layer
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-The Journaling Block Device layer (JBD) isn't ext3 specific. It was
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-design to add journaling capabilities on a block device. The ext3
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-filesystem code will inform the JBD of modifications it is performing
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-(Call a transaction). the journal support the transactions start and
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-stop, and in case of crash, the journal can replayed the transactions
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-to put the partition on a consistent state fastly.
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+The Journaling Block Device layer (JBD) isn't ext3 specific. It was design to
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+add journaling capabilities on a block device. The ext3 filesystem code will
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+inform the JBD of modifications it is performing (called a transaction). The
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+journal supports the transactions start and stop, and in case of crash, the
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+journal can replayed the transactions to put the partition back in a
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+consistent state fast.
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-handles represent a single atomic update to a filesystem. JBD can
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-handle external journal on a block device.
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+Handles represent a single atomic update to a filesystem. JBD can handle an
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+external journal on a block device.
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Data Mode
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---------
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-There's 3 different data modes:
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+There are 3 different data modes:
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* writeback mode
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-In data=writeback mode, ext3 does not journal data at all. This mode
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-provides a similar level of journaling as XFS, JFS, and ReiserFS in its
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-default mode - metadata journaling. A crash+recovery can cause
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-incorrect data to appear in files which were written shortly before the
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-crash. This mode will typically provide the best ext3 performance.
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+In data=writeback mode, ext3 does not journal data at all. This mode provides
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+a similar level of journaling as that of XFS, JFS, and ReiserFS in its default
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+mode - metadata journaling. A crash+recovery can cause incorrect data to
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+appear in files which were written shortly before the crash. This mode will
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+typically provide the best ext3 performance.
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* ordered mode
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-In data=ordered mode, ext3 only officially journals metadata, but it
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-logically groups metadata and data blocks into a single unit called a
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-transaction. When it's time to write the new metadata out to disk, the
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-associated data blocks are written first. In general, this mode
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-perform slightly slower than writeback but significantly faster than
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-journal mode.
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+In data=ordered mode, ext3 only officially journals metadata, but it logically
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+groups metadata and data blocks into a single unit called a transaction. When
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+it's time to write the new metadata out to disk, the associated data blocks
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+are written first. In general, this mode performs slightly slower than
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+writeback but significantly faster than journal mode.
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* journal mode
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-data=journal mode provides full data and metadata journaling. All new
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-data is written to the journal first, and then to its final location.
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-In the event of a crash, the journal can be replayed, bringing both
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-data and metadata into a consistent state. This mode is the slowest
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-except when data needs to be read from and written to disk at the same
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-time where it outperform all others mode.
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+data=journal mode provides full data and metadata journaling. All new data is
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+written to the journal first, and then to its final location.
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+In the event of a crash, the journal can be replayed, bringing both data and
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+metadata into a consistent state. This mode is the slowest except when data
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+needs to be read from and written to disk at the same time where it
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+outperforms all others modes.
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Compatibility
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-------------
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Ext2 partitions can be easily convert to ext3, with `tune2fs -j <dev>`.
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-Ext3 is fully compatible with Ext2. Ext3 partitions can easily be
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-mounted as Ext2.
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+Ext3 is fully compatible with Ext2. Ext3 partitions can easily be mounted as
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+Ext2.
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+
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External Tools
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==============
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-see manual pages to know more.
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+See manual pages to learn more.
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+tune2fs: create a ext3 journal on a ext2 partition with the -j flag.
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+mke2fs: create a ext3 partition with the -j flag.
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+debugfs: ext2 and ext3 file system debugger.
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-tune2fs: create a ext3 journal on a ext2 partition with the -j flags
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-mke2fs: create a ext3 partition with the -j flags
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-debugfs: ext2 and ext3 file system debugger
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References
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==========
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-kernel source: file:/usr/src/linux/fs/ext3
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- file:/usr/src/linux/fs/jbd
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+kernel source: <file:fs/ext3/>
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+ <file:fs/jbd/>
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-programs: http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net
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+programs: http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/
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-useful link:
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- http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/ext3/ext3-usage.html
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+useful links: http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/ext3/ext3-usage.html
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http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-fs7/
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http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-fs8/
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