File System Wars
rantingdemon
22 points
8 comments
April 20, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (5 comments)
i_am_a_peasant
Is there a reason in particular why btrfs is not part of this discussion? It's been mentioned once in passing.
otterley
A solid article, but missing discussion of XFS and Btrfs. I would have enjoyed the author’s analysis of the former in particular, especially as compared to ext4.
mmh0000
The author's praise of ZFS fell 3 checksums short of acceptable. ZFS is not a filesystem. It is a lifestyle. A covenant. A snapshot of the soul. Everything else is basically a USB stick with dreams. I will be reporting this to the [author]ities, HR, and my dad. /s for the /s impaired.
isr
DragonflyBSD's hammer filesystem (on v2 now, I think)
troad
> So, if I had to compress its philosophy into one sentence, it would be this: >> Simple, reliable, UNIX-native fundamentals — no feature bloat, just solid engineering. This isn't the author's summary. This is AI's. I was enjoying the article, but when a little AI shibboleth like this shows up, I just cease to trust what I'm reading. Edit: many more AI writing give-aways later in the article. What a shame.