I say HOGWASH to Michael Mansour.  SGI's XFS is know for BOTH SPEED AND
RELIABILITY!  I would not use any other file system, no matter what the
file/partition size, except XFS.  I demand dependability and reliability of
the file system and I get that and more from XFS.  XFS has been around a lot
longer than ext3 and is a mature and reliable file system with over a decade
of testing and extended use from desktop machines to massive file servers.  If
you want dependability, reliability, and speed, go with XFS.
     I've had removable media corrupted by a hardware failure on one MO drive
and on a working drive I was able to salvage all the information.  XFS managed
to recover everything.  I thought for sure I was going to loose all the
information, but I didn't.