Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 20:41:32 -0500 From: Chris Csanady <cc@137.org> To: Don <don@calis.blacksun.org> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Features of a journaled file system Message-ID: <381B9E4C.1B94BD83@ameslab.gov> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9910301851350.44044-100000@calis.blacksun.org>
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Don wrote: > > What are the features people would like to see in a new FreeBSD file > system? Some of the ones I have heard listed are: > 1. Ability to grow a FS > 2. Ability to shrink a FS > 3. Acess control lists on files and file systems > 4. Extensibility. (The ability to easily add new features to the > filesystem without having to rewrite utilities such as fsck) 5. Snapshots > What else should we be considering? > (Obviously any file system that would be written would have to be stable, > fast and efficient) > Should the file system use b-trees? What other technologies should such a > file system make use of? Probably, at least for large directories. Has anyone else looked at reiserfs? It seems like they are doing some good work there. I would encourage you to pester them about the licensing. :) It seems like it would be in everyones best interests if we had a common filesystem. This is a *lot* of work to duplicate, and only lessens portability. This is one of the nicer aspects of the BSD filesystem.. Chris To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-fs" in the body of the message
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