Re:50 Years in Filesystems: 1984
by AdieuToLogic on Thursday March 06, 2025 @10:54PM
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> There are a couple of generations of filesystems in between FFS and ZFS.
Quite true. I did not mean to imply ZFS was the immediate successor to FFS, but instead that it is a superior choice currently.
> And for modern filesystems it's also worth looking at btrfs, Microsoft's Resilient File System, and Apple APFS.
All good options and which to consider is applicable when running Linux, MS-Windows, and macOS respectively. If FreeBSD+ZFS is a possibility though... :-)
Quite true. I did not mean to imply ZFS was the immediate successor to FFS, but instead that it is a superior choice currently.
> And for modern filesystems it's also worth looking at btrfs, Microsoft's Resilient File System, and Apple APFS.
All good options and which to consider is applicable when running Linux, MS-Windows, and macOS respectively. If FreeBSD+ZFS is a possibility though... :-)