Comparison of features and capabilities of modern Linux file systems ext4, XFS, Btrfs

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Published: Sep 30, 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.35784/jcsi.610
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https://doi.org/10.35784/jcsi.610

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Bartłomiej Kossak

Bartek.kossak@gmail.com

Institute of Computer Science, Lublin University of Technology, Nadbystrzycka 36B, 20-618 Lublin, Poland, Poland
Maciej Pańczyk

m.panczyk@pollub.pl

Institute of Computer Science, Lublin University of Technology, Nadbystrzycka 36B, 20-618 Lublin, Poland, Poland

Abstract

This article compares three modern Linux file systems: ext4, Btrfs and XFS. Their construction and functional features were discussed. File systems were compared in terms of performance. Additionally modern SSD drives were included in discussion. Ubuntu 15.10 distribution was used to test functionality and performance of these three Linux file systems.

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file system; ext4; btrfs; xfs

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Kossak, B., & Pańczyk, M. (2017). Comparison of features and capabilities of modern Linux file systems ext4, XFS, Btrfs . Journal of Computer Sciences Institute, 4, 131–136. https://doi.org/10.35784/jcsi.610