Linux is the most flexible and customizable operating system on the planet. That customizability starts deep within the heart of the Linux kernel and the file system. A computer file system is a ...

This may not be news to the file system aware among you, but I’m part of the blissfully ignorant crowd that complains about the old file system until a shiny new one shows up — seemingly out of ...

More and more articles have been appearing on the EXT4 filesystem. In fact, the article that really caught my eye was one recently regarding the speed of using EXT4 on flash media. The benchmarks ...

What if the very foundation of your data storage could make or break your system’s performance and reliability? Choosing the right file system isn’t just a technical decision, it’s a pivotal choice ...

I have an almost full 2Tb removable drive that has recorded TV programmes over many years. The file format for my recorder saves the programmes in the EXT4 format. I have no experience of Linux but ...

Phoronixは5月21日(米国時間)、「The Linux 4.0 EXT4 RAID Corruption Bug Has Been Uncovered」において、安定版であるLinuxカーネル4.0系および開発版である4.1系のEXT4ファイルシステムにデータ破壊の不具合があると伝えた。該当する使い方をしている場合は、マウント ...

Dropbox has announced that starting on November 7th 2018, only the ext4 file system will be supported in Linux for synchronizing folders in the Dropbox desktop app. Those Linux users who have synch on ...

File systems and UUIDs have a special relationship on Linux systems. What are these very long identifiers and how can you view the connections between them and disk partitions? The /etc/fstab file is ...