Filesystems (ext3, reiser, xfs, jfs) comparison on Debian Etch

Found a really great (and incredably in depth) comparison here.

For those who can't be bothered to RTFA, their conclusions for home systems is (kinda suprisingly) XFS.

"It uses the maximum capacity of your server hard disk(s)

It is the quickest FS to create, mount and unmount

It is the quickest FS for operations on large files (>500Mb)

This FS gets a good second place for operations on a large number of small to moderate-size files and directories

It constitutes a good CPU vs time compromise for large directory listing or file search

It is not the least CPU demanding FS but its use of system ressources is quite acceptable for older generation hardware"

XFS was a gift to us (the free software community) from our good friends at SGI. It is an incredably robust filesystem, although ironically, XFS is not the default on any major distro (to my knowledge, its been awhile since I used some of them). In fact, it's not even an option for most.

However, my money is still on Reiser5 for the Most Awsomest FS Of All Time Award.