In this article, we explore the design principles, innovations, and challenges addressed by three representative distributed file systems: Google File System (GFS), Tectonic, and JuiceFS.

The book Practical File System Design describes the BeOS development environment as being short on time and scarce on developers. What were some of the positive aspects of that environment?

File systems are essentially a collection of files along with their management protocols (see Table 9-2). File system algorithms are middleware and/or application software that is mounted (installed) ...

OrangeFS – A Storage System for Today’s HPC Environment OrangeFS is a user-friendly, parallel file system designed specifically for today and tomorrow’s high performance compute and storage clusters.

When will ZFS become the next file system for the Mac platform? Most likely later than sooner if the examples of other file system transitions are taken into account.

Brief Description of Course Content Examines the structure and function of operating systems as an intermediary between applications and computer hardware. Topics include OS design goals, hardware ...

Backblaze has open-sourced a key component of its Backblaze Vault file system design: The Reed-Solomon implementation (done, in this case, in Java).

ReiserFS is now “obsolete” in the Linux kernel and should be gone by 2025 [Updated] A little-used file system named for a convicted murderer is slated for removal.