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Type of Linux File System


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Architecture

Ext: The file system is stand for Extended File System. It was primarily developed for minix OS . Now its obsolete.

Ext2: it’s the 1st file system that allowed to managing two terabyte of data

Ext3 : it’s the upgraded version of ext2, but not compatible for server , because its it support for file recovery and
snapshot

Ext4 : its very faster among all ext version. Its compatible with SSD disk and its default file system for all linux
distribution.

JFS file system : its stand for Journal File System developed by IBM for AIX Unix. It can also used in the place of of
ext 4

ReiserFS : its and alternative file system of ext3 . it’s a default file system for suse linux . this file system has lot of
drawback

xFS File system : Its faster than JFS, developed for parallel I/o processing. NASA still using this file system

BtrFS file system : its stand for B tree file system. its use for fault tolerance, repair system. its not good for the
production.

swap file system : its use for the memory paging in linux operating system for hibernation. It always more than the
size of RAM for storing the data

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