best Filesystem

[stefcep2]

I want to use a 4 gig compact flash card on an A1200.  Which filesystem is the fastest, most reliable, most efficient with storage space: FFS, PFS2, PFS3, SFS, FAT95?

[save2600]

You're using this as your HD hooked to an IDE adapter, yes? If so, I'd vote for SFS. It's free and readily available on Aminet. Fat95? Oh no you didn't!  lol

[MozzerFan]

I also vote for SFS. It's free, it's fast and it's still being worked on.
I'm using it since 2003 and never had a problem.

[mike-]

SFS all the way

[Piru]

Easy, PFS3.

[cv643d]

No

[itix]

PFS3 is the best.

[HammerD]

OFS! lol ;-)

[Damion]

stefcep2 wrote:
I want to use a 4 gig compact flash card on an A1200.  Which filesystem is the fastest, most reliable, most efficient with storage space: FFS, PFS2, PFS3, SFS, FAT95?

Definitely PFS3. *Huge* performance boost over FFS, and (to a lesser extent) SFS.

[countzero]

for all those who advocate PFS,

1 - is it still possible to buy PFS ?
2 - is the performance difference big enough to justify the purchase ?
3 - when was PFS last updated ?

[amigadave]

Interesting how "cost", or "better because it is free" always seems to creep into discussions about what is "best".  I don't look at things that way.  If something is better than another competing thing the cost, or price/performance ratio might influence what I buy, but it does not change my opinion on which one is the "best".

If I limited my decisions to buy, or use something solely based on price/performance ratios I would have left the Amiga community a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time ago.  :lol:


Edit: (Glad I bought PFS3 when I had the chance a long time ago)

[amigadave]

@countzero,

Get the free SFS and use it until you can find PFS3 for sale from someone like I did.

[countzero]

I'm already using SFS. I don't see any reason to buy PFS to gain %5.5 speed on saving my whdload games.

[MozzerFan]

@AmigaDave

Like CountZero already said, PSF3 is not worth it when SFS does a great job also.
PSF3 is only a little faster than SFS and, more importantly, PSF3 is not updated anymore.
Price/performance ratio is important to me, and IMHO nothing can beat SFS.


Edit: If Joerg (Developer of SFS) decided to sell SFS instead of making it available for free, I would happily buy it.

[save2600]

amigadave wrote:
Interesting how "cost", or "better because it is free" always seems to creep into discussions about what is "best".

I mainly mentioned SFS because of the (lack) of availability of PFS3. Best in this case because:

a) use your Amiga straight away with SFS
b) not have to wait until you accidentally run across a copy of PFS
c) wait until you find an underground FTP that has PFS or ask a "buddy", which would be illegal and we all know the ethical ramifications of that! lol

...really, what other choices are out there to purchase this commercial file
system? And say in the meantime, you build up a large cache of goodies using SFS on your HD/CF Card and then you accidentally stumble upon PFS, you're going to have to make a backup, install PFS and then copy all that back. For those of us that don't use UAE, 4GB of transfer on an A1200 could take all day!  lol