Log-structured file system: Difference between revisions

Content deleted Content added
Line 23:
* [http://aiya.ms.mff.cuni.cz/lfs LFS] is another log-structured file system for Linux developed by Charles University, Prague. It was to include support for snapshots and indexed directories, but development has since ceased.
* [[ULFS]] is a User-Level Log-structured File System (http://ulfs.sf.net) using FUSE (http://fuse.sf.net).
* [[CASL]] is a proprietary log-structured filesystem that uses Solid State Devices to cache traditional hard drives (http://www.nimblestorage.com/products/architecture/).
 
Some kinds of storage media, such as [[flash memory]] and [[CD-RW]], 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 leveling]]. The more common such file systems include: