Re: Status of quotas on ext3 and reiser?

[Luigi Genoni]

I am using quota with reiserFS and quota tool 3.04 from slackware-current,
and no problems at all (kernel 2.4.18)

On Mon, 1 Apr 2002, Ken Brownfield wrote:

> I'm about to install a 2TB disk array, and I'd very strongly prefer to
> use ext3 or possibly reiser to gain journaling.  Fscking 250GB is
> already lethal.
>
> But I also need quotas.  I've noticed that quotas do not appear to be
> supported by ext3, but I haven't tried reiser yet.  And I'm not sure
> if I simply need new quota userspace tools -- the ones I found were 1994
> vintage.  I'm on RH6.2 BTW for this case, and the builtin tools don't
> appear to grok ext3.
>
> What is the current viability of quotas on ext3/reiser in a
> conservative, production environment?  Is it waiting for the 32-bit UID
> mods in 2.4.x, or has quota support been pushed off onto 2.5?  Am I
> going to have to make the hard choice of journaling vs quotas? :-/
>
> I couldn't find a definitive answer in the archives; sorry if this is a
> FAQ.  I'd bug poor Andrew Morton directly :), but I'm also interested in
> the status or reiser vs quotas.
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Ken.
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