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| 11 | <title>Introduction to Block Devices</title> |
11 | <title>Introduction to Block Devices</title> |
| 12 | <subsection> |
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| 188 | as the creation of large filesystems, the use of many small files, very large |
188 | as the creation of large filesystems, the use of many small files, very large |
| 189 | files and directories containing tens of thousands of files. |
189 | files and directories containing tens of thousands of files. |
| 190 | </p> |
190 | </p> |
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| 192 | <p> |
192 | <p> |
| 193 | <b>XFS</b> is a filesystem with metadata journaling that is fully supported |
193 | <b>XFS</b> is a filesystem with metadata journaling which comes with a robust |
| 194 | under Gentoo Linux's xfs-sources kernel. It comes with a robust feature-set and |
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| 195 | is optimized for scalability. We only recommend using this filesystem on Linux |
194 | feature-set and is optimized for scalability. We only recommend using this |
| 196 | systems with high-end SCSI and/or fibre channel storage and a uninterruptible |
195 | filesystem on Linux systems with high-end SCSI and/or fibre channel storage and |
| 197 | power supply. Because XFS aggressively caches in-transit data in RAM, improperly |
196 | an uninterruptible power supply. Because XFS aggressively caches in-transit data |
| 198 | designed programs (those that don't take proper precautions when writing files |
197 | in RAM, improperly designed programs (those that don't take proper precautions |
| 199 | to disk and there are quite a few of them) can lose a good deal of data if the |
198 | when writing files to disk and there are quite a few of them) can lose a good |
| 200 | system goes down unexpectedly. |
199 | deal of data if the system goes down unexpectedly. |
| 201 | </p> |
200 | </p> |
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| 203 | <p> |
202 | <p> |
| 204 | <b>JFS</b> is IBM's high-performance journaling filesystem. It has recently |
203 | <b>JFS</b> is IBM's high-performance journaling filesystem. It has recently |
| 205 | become production-ready and there hasn't been a sufficient track record to |
204 | become production-ready and there hasn't been a sufficient track record to |
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