[Originally Posted 12-May-2004]
If you use Linux you’ll find this interesting. If you use Linux and don’t understand what a file system is, please re-format your computer and install Windows XP – you might be better off..
Link: Linux FileSystem Benchmarks
The summary is that ReiserFS is the overall best File system over all of what I consider the “popular” File System formats (such as ext2 and ext3).