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[Adam Tauno Williams]

> > Already here - XFS.  XFS performs dynamic space allocation and for very
> > small files just stores the contents as meta-data inside the files 
> > inode
> > entry in the space that would be used by the block-map of a 'large'
> > file.  Inode allocation is also handled dynamically, rather than
> > creating a static number when the filesystem is created (like ext2,
> > ext3, etc...).  The inode count can both increase and decrease
> > on-demand.
> I'm pretty sure that ReiserFS does this as well...

ReiserFS is a great distance from being a 'traditional' UNIX filesystem
and uses structures only loosely comparable to i-nodes;  hence its long
history of odd compatibility issues (such as not being exportable by
NFS, etc...)   But your right, it does not suffer from a static
number-of-objects limit.

ReiserFS is a good desktop filesystem,  but at this point I don't trust
it for heavy-lifting servers:  there is still allot of ancedotal reports
of problems (enough to convince me it isn't mature yet),  their are
basically NO administrative tools, and the attitude of the ReiserFS
head-man makes ESR look like a Care Bear (I want an enterprise grade
filesystem with few releases and lots of testing, not to be a guinea pig
for some [really cocky] guy's revolutionary new ideas).