In a journaling file system, changes to files and directories are first recorded in the journal. This journal acts as a buffer, ensuring that file system operations are either completed or undone in ...

So I have set up a virtual machine to test out the features of ZFS before investing in the hardware to get it up and running in production. I provisioned 6 hard drives plus the boot drive. These I ...

It's not chatbot psychosis, it's 'math and engineering and neuroscience' The latest project to start talking about using LLMs to assist in development is experimental Linux copy-on-write file system ...

Snapshots are virtual copies that can rapidly recover data but depending on the approach can have very different performance characteristics. Snapshots are a very popular way to create virtual copies ...

When you're unable to move or copy a file because it's write-protected, your problem may stem from a number of causes. If the file is in use by Windows or an application, the file remains locked until ...

In the realm of modern data management, few technologies hold as much promise and versatility as the ZFS file system. Originally developed by Sun Microsystems for their Solaris operating system, ZFS ...

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 ...

File systems and UUIDs have a special relationship on Linux systems. What are these very long identifiers and how can you view the connections between them and disk partitions? The /etc/fstab file is ...

The Zettabyte File System (ZFS), as a back-end file system to Lustre, has had support in Lustre for a long time. But in the last few years it has gained greater importance, likely due to Lustre’s push ...