Linux is the most flexible and customizable operating system on the planet. That customizability starts deep within the heart of the Linux kernel and the file system. A computer file system is a ...

This may not be news to the file system aware among you, but I’m part of the blissfully ignorant crowd that complains about the old file system until a shiny new one shows up — seemingly out of ...

The btrfsck command is a filesystem-check command like fsck, but it works with the btrfs file system. First a little bit about btrfs. As the name implies, btrfs uses a B-tree data structure that is ...

Dropbox has announced that starting on November 7th 2018, only the ext4 file system will be supported in Linux for synchronizing folders in the Dropbox desktop app. Those Linux users who have synch on ...

What if the very foundation of your data storage could make or break your system’s performance and reliability? Choosing the right file system isn’t just a technical decision, it’s a pivotal choice ...

Ext4, the next generation of Linux's Ext3 filesystem, is now available in the latest Ubuntu 9.04 installer images. Ext4 was officially declared stable in version 2.6.28 of the Linux kernel, which was ...

Google's new Nexus S smartphone is the first Android device to use the Ext4 filesystem. The company published a statement on the official Android developer blog earlier this month to discuss how ...