[PKG-Openstack-devel] Bug#819761: Bug#819761: Root partition should use ext4 instead of ext3

[Thomas Goirand]

On 04/02/2016 12:55 AM, Vincent Bernat wrote:
> Package: openstack-debian-images
> Version: 1.6
> Severity: normal
> 
> Hi!
> 
> The default filesystem since Wheezy is ext4. However, the Openstack
> images are using ext3. ext4 brings more performance that some cloud
> user may appreciate.
> 
> Thanks.

Hi,

It is to be noted that the choice of ext3 was due to the fact that
online resize of partitions was only possible with ext3 if using the
Wheezy kernel. Probably we don't care about Wheezy anymore these days,
though maybe the (non-default) option to use ext3 should remain.

Cheers,

Thomas Goirand (zigo)