Formatting Linux Root Filesystem as Xfs

warning Experimenting with filesystems can be very dangerous. You should understand the risks and back up data before trying the method below. The default filesystem used by debian is ext4, which is an old and stable filesystem. Recently I learn of an alternative filesystem xfs, which according to my experiment is faster than ext4. So I decided to give it a try. EXT4 Performance XFS Performance The problem is my server is a virtual private server and I don’t have physical access to it....

published on March 28, 2023 · 5 min · 1036 words