We are getting close to the 32k limit for number of files in a single folder on ext3 filesystem. We are just a few hundred shy of 32,000 databases on one mysql server. We are looking to move to a ...

OS X cannot natively read the popular Ext2 and Ext3 filesystems, though support for these filesystems can be implemented if needed. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a ...

I'm crazy tired (70+ hours of work in 4 days).<BR><BR>I accidentally removed 3 key .ksp files from an ext3 file system. Don't worry I umounted the file system (/home) and then mounted it read only, so ...

New filesystem technology for Linux includes high capacity, snapshots, copy-on-write, and on-the-fly corruption detection. Almost exactly one year ago, as the developers were discussing changes to the ...

Learn to use the handy filesystem ACLs to extend access controls to files and directories with more flexibility. ACLs, or Access Control Lists, are available for a variety of Linux filesystems ...

A powerful new filesystem for Linux already supports fast snapshots, checksums for all data, and online resizing–and plans to add ZFS-style built-in striping and mirroring. Chris Mason has recently ...

Logical Volume Management (LVM) is an abstraction layer over the hard drives, which allows the Linux kernel to access the filesystems normally, yet each filesystem may be comprised of multiple hard ...

It will take about two or three years for the ext4 filesystem, that has been adopted as the default by some community GNU/Linux distributions, to be routinely deployed on production systems, according ...