Filesystem Decision Matrix: ext4 vs XFS vs ZFS vs Btrfs
Linux filesystem comparison: ext4 for safety, XFS for scale, ZFS for snapshots, Btrfs for flexibility. Pick the right tool for your workload.
Tag: filesystem
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ZFS Tuning for SSDs and NVMe
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ZFS tuning for flash: ARC sizing, recordsize, autotrim, sync modes, and SLOG advice, plus why defaults written for spinning disks waste an NVMe pool.
Tmpfs vs Ramfs: When Your Disk Is Too Slow and Your RAM Is Just Sitting There
Tmpfs vs ramfs on Linux: mount RAM-backed filesystems for blazing-fast temp storage. Covers fstab, Docker tmpfs mounts, CI/CD use cases, and the key differences.
the lost+found Directory in Linux
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What is lost+found and why does it exist? fsck puts recovered file fragments there after a crash, and no, you can't delete it.