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* [[NILFS]] is a log-structured file system implementation for [[Linux]] by [[NTT/Verio]] which supports snapshots. It is still in [[development stage]] and not ready for production use.
* [[LogFS]] and [[LinLogFS]] are names used for various Linux log-structured file system implementations, the latest one written for [[Google Summer of Code 2005]], however all of these projects were cancelled.
* [[Reiser4]] calls the concept "[[wandering log]]". It has no support snapshotting.
* [[ZFS]] from [[Sun Microsystems|Sun]] is a log-structured file system which supports snapshotting. However, it uses [[reference-counting]] instead of [[garbage collection (computer science)|garbage collection]] to manage free space.
 
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== References ==
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* Rosenblum, Mendel and Ousterhout, John K. (February 1992) - "[http://www.hhhh.org/perseant/lfs/lfsSOSP91.ps.gz The Design and Implementation of a Log-Structured File System]". ''ACM Transactions on Computer Systems, Vol. 10 Issue 1''. pp26-52.