Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 4th Nov 2009 16:48 UTC
Linux continues to innovate in the area of file systems. It supports the largest variety of file systems of any operating system. It also provides cutting-edge file system technology. Two new file systems that are making their way into Linux include the NiLFS(2) log-structured file system and the exofs object-based storage system. Discover the purpose behind these two new file systems and the advantages that they bring.
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An informed outsider might consider BtrFS as just a ZFS clone, but if you look at the implementation it is a vastly different and more modern beast.