Reiser File System Future
By Ian Scott
The recent conviction of Hans Reiser for murder in California may be of concern to some who have implemented the Reiser file system (ReiserFS) on their Linux machines.
Reiser, who apparently continues to maintain his innocence, was convicted in a California court on April 28, 2008 of killing his wife. It’s been an interesting case for those following it as the body of Nina Reiser has never been found.
Hans Reiser was the principle creator of the Reiser file system, the first journaled file system to be included in the Linux kernel. The benefit of using ReiserFS over other file systems is greater speeds.
However, there are also come criticisms of the Reiser file system and many administrators prefer the ext3 system on mission critical servers.
At the time of this writing, the company that continues to develop ReiserFS, Namesys, was having connectivity issues with its website but reports say that Namesys management have advised that continued development, support and improvements to ReiserFS will be ongoing despite the conviction of Hans Reiser.
Reiser is facing 25 years in jail.
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