Why so many filesystems for Linux? What?s the difference?
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| * EXT3
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| * Most popular Linux file system, limited scalability in size and
| number of files
| * Journaled
| * POSIX extended access control
|
| EXT3
| file system is a journaled file system that has the greatest use in
| Linux today. It is the "Linux" File system. It is quite robust and
| quick, although it does not scale well to large volumes nor a great
| number of files. Recently a scalability feature was added called
| htrees, which significantly improved EXT3's scalability.
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|
| [...]
|
| * FAT32
|
| * Most limited file system, but most ubiquitous
| * Not Journaled
| * No access controls
|
| FAT32
| is the crudest of the file systems listed. Its popularity is with its
| widespread use and popularity in the Windows desktop world and that it
| has made its way into being the file system in flash RAM devices
| (digital cameras, USB memory sticks, etc.). It has no built in security
| access control, so is small and works well in these portable and
| embedded applications. It scales the least of the file systems listed.
| Most systems have FAT32 compatibility support due to its ubiquity.
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Wow! Still haven't resolved some very fundamental issues that require system
'maintenenace'...
IObit Defrags Microsoft's Windows Vista with Technically Savvy and
Alternative Freeware
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| Fragmentation is a major cause of computer performance degradation.
| Heavy fragmentation can cause applications to slow down, and Windows
| Vista system unstable.
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