journaling file system Archives

JFS – Journaled File System

The Journaled File System (JFS) is a journaling file system that was open-sourced by IBM in 1999.

The ex4, or fourth extended file system, is a journaling file system for Linux which evolved from ext3.

XFS is a 64-bit, high-performance journaling file system with guaranteed filesystem consistency created by Silicon Graphics, Inc.

F2FS (Flash-Friendly File System) is a flash file system initially developed by Samsung Electronics for the Linux kernel.

Btrfs (B-Tree File System) is a free and open source ‘Copy on Write’ file system for Linux. Copy On Write is an optimization technique.

OpenZFS is a storage platform that encompasses the functionality of traditional filesystems, volume managers.

Global File System 2 or GFS2 is a shared disk file system for Linux computer clusters.

ext3, or third extended filesystem, is a journaled file system that is commonly used by the Linux kernel.