Common threads: Advanced filesystem implementor's guide, Part 9
With the 2.4 release of Linux come many new filesystem possibilities, including Reiserfs, XFS, GFS, and others. These filesystems sound cool, but what exactly can they do, what are they good at, and exactly how do you go about safely using them in a production Linux environment? This article answers these questions by showing you how to set up these new advanced filesystems under Linux 2.4.