Btrfs Fileystsem – The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread
Linux boasts a cornucopia of filesystems, some cutting edge, some cross platform, and some retro support from days of UNIX past. Btrfs is one that’s been sticking its head above the crowd lately, and for good reasons like its Copy-on-Write, RAID functionality, and Snapshotting ability.
- Login or register to post comments
- Printer-friendly version
- 12572 reads
- PDF version
More in Tux Machines
- Highlights
- Front Page
- Latest Headlines
- Archive
- Recent comments
- All-Time Popular Stories
- Hot Topics
- New Members
digiKam 7.7.0 is releasedAfter three months of active maintenance and another bug triage, the digiKam team is proud to present version 7.7.0 of its open source digital photo manager. See below the list of most important features coming with this release. |
Dilution and Misuse of the "Linux" Brand
|
Samsung, Red Hat to Work on Linux Drivers for Future TechThe metaverse is expected to uproot system design as we know it, and Samsung is one of many hardware vendors re-imagining data center infrastructure in preparation for a parallel 3D world. Samsung is working on new memory technologies that provide faster bandwidth inside hardware for data to travel between CPUs, storage and other computing resources. The company also announced it was partnering with Red Hat to ensure these technologies have Linux compatibility. |
today's howtos
|
Nice read
Very nice. Wonder about speed
BtrFS
The main article says "It seems, though, that EXT’s time is coming to an end.". How did he come to that conclusion? There are no references or proof to support that theory.
BTRFS
It's not inconceivable that some time down the line (maybe a decade) when old machines like servers 'rot away' more people will have installed distributions with BTRFS by default.