[Server-devel] [support-gang] jffs2 vs ubifs vs ext4 space-efficiency question

[Martin Langhoff]

On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 4:28 PM, James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org> wrote:
> Yes, jffs2 compresses data.  That's why it is so slow.  That's why SD
> card is faster than it should be otherwise.

+1 on James reply. Also a quick note: AIUI, jffs2 gets much of its
storage advantage from better packing of directory structures &
metadata.

The overall compression savings include these, and look great. The
files contents are not _that_ compressible :-)



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