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XFS: the filesystem of the future?

XFS: the filesystem of the future?

Posted Jan 24, 2012 22:36 UTC (Tue) by khim (subscriber, #9252)
In reply to: XFS: the filesystem of the future? by wazoox
Parent article: XFS: the filesystem of the future?

On the other hand dedupe is pretty good fit for SSD. SSD is expensive (albeit less expensive then RAM) and seeks are not as important.


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XFS: the filesystem of the future?

Posted Jan 25, 2012 7:48 UTC (Wed) by wazoox (subscriber, #69624) [Link]

That's true, but so far dedupe is mostly touted for secondary-level storage, so SSDs are a bit of a stretch.

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