[geeks] Looking for a Filesystem

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Michael Parson wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 20, 2006 at 08:53:45PM -0400, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
>> Hi geeks.
>>
>> I'm looking for a filesystem.  It needs to satisfy the following 
>> requirements:
>>
>> 1.	Read/write under NetBSD.
>> 2.	Read under Windows XP.  Write would be a plus.
>> 3.	Needs to be able to store >4GB files.
>> 4.	Needs to be able to have a fs size >500GB.
>>
>> Any ideas?  This is for an external firewire drive.  Right now I'm using 
>> NFS over GigE, but it's *waay* too slow.
> 
> Your best bet is probably ext2.
> 
> There are ext2 drivers for win32 out there.

Intriguing.

Is the r/w ext2 support in NetBSD stable enough for production use?

Are any of the ext2 drivers for Windows stable enough for production use?

Peace...  Sridhar