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NILFS

NILFS or NILFS2 (New Implementation of a Log-structured File System) is a log-structured file system implementation for the Linux kernel. It was developed by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) CyberSpace Laboratories and a community from all over the world. NILFS was released under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).

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Attributes
POSIX, with plans for extended attributes
Copy-on-write
Yes
Date resolution
64-bit on-disk timestamps
Dates recorded
atime (planned)
Developer
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Cyber Space Laboratories
File allocation
B-tree

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NILFS

Nodes55
Edges54
Triples62
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.036364
Components1

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NILFS

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related to Compatibility · 12
NILFS → Arch Linux, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, GNU/Linux, GParted, It, Linux Mint, NixOS, PrRescue, To, Ubuntu
related to External links · 10
NILFS → An Article Describing High-level, Archived, CS1, Features, File System, Make SSDs ScreamManjaro, Official, Open Source Development Labs, Wayback Machine, World's Largest TELCO Joins
related to Developers · 8
NILFS → AmagaiHisashi Hifumi, Koji SatoNaruhiko KamimuraSeiji KiharaYoshiji, Moriai, NTT Corporation, Present, Primary, Ryusuke Konishi, The Japanese
related to Design · 6
NILFS → For, Log-structured, The, The NILFS, Using, When
related to Features · 5
NILFS → Btrfs, Continuous, In, LFS, Since NILFS
related to License · 4
NILFS → GNU General Public License, GNU Lesser General Public, License Version, The NILFS2
Attributes · 1
NILFS → POSIX, with plans for extended attributes
Copy-on-write · 1
NILFS → Yes
Date resolution · 1
NILFS → 64-bit on-disk timestamps
Dates recorded · 1
NILFS → atime (planned)

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file system data systems snapshots log-structured recovery files nilfs2 implementation linux like loss use features license 64-bit new supported copy-on-write

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
NILFSAttributesPOSIX, with plans for extended attributes1.00infobox
NILFSCopy-on-writeYes1.00infobox
NILFSDate resolution64-bit on-disk timestamps1.00infobox
NILFSDates recordedatime (planned)1.00infobox
NILFSDeveloperNippon Telegraph and Telephone Cyber Space Laboratories1.00infobox
NILFSFile allocationB-tree1.00infobox
NILFSFile system permissionsPOSIX, with plans for ACLs1.00infobox
NILFSFull nameNew Implementation of a Log-structured File System1.00infobox
NILFSIntroduced2005; 21 years ago (2005) with Linux kernel 2.6.131.00infobox
NILFSMax file size8 EiB1.00infobox
NILFSMax filename length255 bytes1.00infobox
NILFSMax volume size8 EiB1.00infobox
NILFSSupported operating systemsLinux kernel, (ReadOnly for NetBSD)1.00infobox
NILFSTransparent compressionNo1.00infobox
NILFSTransparent encryptionNo1.00infobox
NILFSis alog-structured file system0.90text

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