8.4 Flashcards
A system that specified how data is organized and stored on storage media.
File system
A partition that the operating system uses as virtual memory.
swap file
The Reiser file system that is an alternative to the ext3 file system
ReiserFS
Thefile system used by Microsoft operating systems.
New Technology File System
(NTFS)
The Second Extended File System (ext2) is one of the oldest Linux file systems still available.
ext2 stores data in a standard directory and file hierarchy.
The maximum file size supported is 2 TB.
An ext2 volume can be up to 4 TB in size.
File names can be up to 255 characters long.
Linux users, groups, and permissions are supported.
ex2 does not use journaling (which is used in most modern file systems). As a result, ext2 takes a long time to recover if the system shuts down abruptly.
is an updated version of ext2 that supports journaling.
Before committing a transaction to a storage device, the ext3 file system records the transaction to the journal and marks it as incomplete. After the disk transaction is complete, the file system marks the transaction as complete in the journal.
ext3
is an alternative to the ext3 file system. Like ext3, Reiser uses journaling to make crash recovery very fast. However, Reiser is a completely different file system from ext2 and ext3 and uses a dramatically different internal structure. ReiserFS supports a maximum file size of 8 TB and maximum volume size of 16 TB
The Reiser file system (ReiserFS)
is the fourth generation file system in the ext file system family. _______ includes all of the features found with ext2 and ext3 with the addition of the following features:
ext4
A swap file system is used as virtual memory (the portion of the hard disk used to temporarily store portions of main memory) by the operating system.
swap
is a FAT32 file system for Linux and does not support journaling
vfat
file system was developed for the Silicon Graphics IRIX operating system. An ___ file system is proficient at handling large files, offers smooth data transfers, and provides journaling. It also can reside on a regular disk partition or on a logical volume.
xfs
is a Linux file system that uses a copy-on-write file system. Using copy-on-write technology,
Btrfs
Creates an ext family file system or a fat file system. The ____ command uses the following options:
mkfs
Creates a ReiserFS
mkrewserfs
Creates a swap partition. A swap partition is the location on the hard drive where an operating system writes memory information when it runs out of RAM.
mkswap
