XFS

Filesystems
Virtual Filesystems
VFS
Disk Filesystems
FAT 12/16/32, VFAT, ExFAT Ext 2/3/4 LEAN HPFS NTFS HFS HFS+ MFS ReiserFS FFS (Amiga) FFS (BSD)/UFS BeFS BFS XFS SFS ZDSFS ZFS USTAR
CD/DVD Filesystems
ISO 9660 Joliet UDF
Network Filesystems
NFS RFS AFS
Flash Filesystems
JFFS2 YAFFS

XFS is Silicon Graphics' "Next Generation Journalled 64-Bit Filesystem With Guaranteed Rate I/O" designed for IRIX based systems. XFS uses the standard inodes, bitmaps and blocks, and is compatible with EFS and NFS filesystems.

XFS Features

According to the XFS white paper it has:

• Scalable features and performance from small to truly huge data (petabytes)
• Huge numbers of files (millions)
• Exceptional performance: 500+ MBytes/second
• Designed with log/database (journal) technology as a fundamental part not just an extension to an existing filesystem
• Mission-critical reliability

External Links

• XFS Filesystem Structure