Mad Penguin: File System Design Part 1: XFS | Linux Today

Mad Penguin: File System Design Part 1: XFS

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 26, 2006

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“Generally, file systems are not considered ‘sexy.’ When a young
programmer wants to do something really cool, his or her first
thought is generally not ‘Dude, two words… File System.’ However,
I am what is politely termed ‘different.’ I find file systems very
interesting and they have seldom been more so than they are right
now. Hans Reiser is working on getting Reiser4 integrated into the
Linux kernel, the BSD’s are working on getting a journaled file
system together, and Sun Microsystems just recently released a beta
of ZFS into OpenSolaris. This is an excellent time to be me…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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