Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 4th Nov 2009 16:48 UTC
Linux 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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RE[2]: Why all the filesystems.
by Tsukasa on Wed 4th Nov 2009 18:05 UTC in reply to "RE: Why all the filesystems."
Tsukasa
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2006-05-15

Besides btrfs, what other filesystems were created explicitly for Linux?

reiserfs comes to my mind.

I do agree that having a plethora of file-systems for compatibility is great, even when they only allow read access.

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