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=== Ext4 - The default file system === | |||
* ''Serious notes needed about upgrading and downgrading. Following content uses this reference: http://kernelnewbies.org/Ext4'' | |||
* Improvements in file systems and sizes | |||
** File system size increased to one exabyte (1 EiB) | |||
** File size limit is sixteen terabytes (16 TiB) | |||
** No limit on number of sub-directories | |||
* Performance | |||
** Extents increase performance in certain situations, especially large files | |||
** Multiblock allocation is a new file block allocation method with faster write speed | |||
** These combine with delayed allocation of blocks for better performance and fragmentation | |||
Revision as of 09:38, 27 February 2009
File Systems
TBD
Ext4 - The default file system
- Serious notes needed about upgrading and downgrading. Following content uses this reference: http://kernelnewbies.org/Ext4
- Improvements in file systems and sizes
- File system size increased to one exabyte (1 EiB)
- File size limit is sixteen terabytes (16 TiB)
- No limit on number of sub-directories
- Performance
- Extents increase performance in certain situations, especially large files
- Multiblock allocation is a new file block allocation method with faster write speed
- These combine with delayed allocation of blocks for better performance and fragmentation