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<div>Where does XFS fit?</div><div><br></div><div id="composer_signature"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><div style="font-size:88%;color:#364f67">David L. Willson</div><div style="font-size:88%;color:#364f67">720-333-LANS</div></div><br><br>-------- Original message --------<br>From: Dennis J Perkins <dennisjperkins@comcast.net> <br>Date: 3/24/19 9:35 PM (GMT-07:00) <br>To: CLUE's mailing list <clue@cluedenver.org> <br>Subject: [clue] generations of file systems <br><br>Jim Salter has an interesting article abut this on Ars Technica.<br><br>Generation 0: No system. Just n aritrary stream of data on punchcards,<br>cassettes, tape, etc.<br><br>Generation 1: Early filesystems without directories or metadata. CP/M,<br>Apple DOS, etc.<br><br>Generation 2: Directories added to better handle the amount of storage<br>space on hard drives. MS-DoS 2.0.<br><br>Generation 3: Metadata. Unix, Macintosh.<br><br>Generation 4. Journaling. Ext3, NTFS, etc.<br><br>Generation 5: CoW , built-in volume management, per-block checksums,<br>self-healing arrays. ZFS, Btrfs, ReFS. Maybe Bcachefs and Stratis?<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>clue mailing list: clue@cluedenver.org<br>For information, account preferences, or to unsubscribe see:<br>http://cluedenver.org/mailman/listinfo/clue<br></body></html>