LinuxElectrons: NTT Releases 'NILFS' Linux File System for Prevention of Data Loss | Linux Today

LinuxElectrons: NTT Releases ‘NILFS’ Linux File System for Prevention of Data Loss

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 2, 2005

“NTT has released NILFS (New Implementation of a Log-structured
File System), a new file system for the Linux operating system that
is designed to improve reliability by continuously and
automatically saving instantaneous states of the file system
without interrupting service, as open source software.

“When a Linux computer system with a conventional file system
crashed, a great deal of time and effort is required to restore the
data to the state just prior to failure and then restart the
system, and data could be lost because the writing of data is not
guaranteed on some conditions…”

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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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