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General information

Limits

Metadata

Features

File capabilities

Block capabilities

Note that in addition to the below table, block capabilities can be implemented below the file system layer in Linux ( LVM, integritysetup,

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) or Windows (

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), etc.

Resize capabilities

"online" and "offline" are synonymous with "mounted" and "not mounted".

Allocation and layout policies

OS support

Notes

References

External links

A speed comparison of filesystems on Linux 2.4.5
(archived)
Filesystems (ext3, reiser, xfs, jfs) comparison on Debian Etch
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Block allocation strategies of various filesystems

What are the (dis)advantages of ext4, ReiserFS, JFS, and XFS? - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange

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