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* [http://logfs.org/logfs/ LogFS] is a scalable flash filesystem for [[Linux]], intended to replace [[JFFS2]]. Early in development.

Some kinds of storage media, such as [[flash memory]] and [[CD-RW]], degrade slowly degrade as they are written to and have a limited number of erase/write cycles at any one ___location. Log-structured file systems are sometimes used on these media because they make fewer in-place writes and thus prolong the life of the device by [[wear levelling]]. The more common such file systems include:

* [[Universal Disk Format|UDF]] is a file system commonly used on [[optical disc]]s.