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Linux Gains Lossless File System

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-was-sick-of-my-old-lossyfs-anyway dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "An R&D affiliate of the world's largest telephone company has achieved a stable release of a new Linux file system said to improve reliability over conventional Linux file systems, and offer performance advantages over Solaris's UFS file system. NILFS 1.0 (new implementation of a log-structured file system) is available now from NTT Labs (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone's Cyber Space Laboratories)."

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  1. So... by Juiblex · · Score: 5, Funny

    If it is lossless, I won't be able to store MPEG, XVid, JPEG and MP3 on it anymore? :(

    1. Re:So... by BottleCup · · Score: 3, Funny

      No, but you can use the soon to be released MILF 1.0 file system for your jpg and mpg needs.

      Now that's one filesystem I would like to fsck upon every boot(y) ;)

  2. Old news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Websites with MILFS have been around for years.

    Oh, wait. NILFS. My bad.

    1. Re:Old news by SatanicPuppy · · Score: 4, Funny

      Well, we know it doesn't stand for nerds...

      (Sorry...Couldn't resist)

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    2. Re:Old news by schon · · Score: 3, Funny

      Willow wasn't a nerd, she was a geek (geeks have social skills.)

      I can think of at least one Norwegian-ILF (Kristanna Loken.)

  3. The dreaded question by digitalgimpus · · Score: 3, Funny

    Will there be a Windows Driver?

    If there isn't, this has no chance on taking off. Consumers today want portability. They don't like lock-in. A linux exclusive format is lock-in.

    Create a good windows (and Mac OS) driver, and it's got massive potential.

    1. Re:The dreaded question by reynaert · · Score: 3, Funny

      Will there be a Windows Driver? If there isn't, this has no chance on taking off.

      Yes, that's why I only use FAT filesystems on my Linux server.

  4. Re:Bloat? by Skye16 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Scratch my previous post, I actually read the article. My bad :)

  5. Excellent information retention by totallygeek · · Score: 4, Funny
    I installed this lossless file system. rm is now chmod 444. I have not been able to lose information since.

    Note: instead of modding this +1 funny, mod it +0.1 pathetic.

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  6. Re:Needs a new name by chochos · · Score: 4, Funny

    NILF: Netserver I'd Like to fsck (but I don't need to anymore, apparently)

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  7. Re:There's no replacement for ext3fs yet for me... by metamatic · · Score: 3, Funny

    Reiser3 works fine on Debian with no kernel patching required.

    It seems as if you're holding out for perfection, not willing to upgrade from ext3 to anything else unless you find The Perfect Filesystem. I think that's kinda silly; better to get 90% of what you need now, than to wait another 2-4 years, surely?

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  8. Re:New Improved? by rpresser · · Score: 5, Funny

    Logs structures are suceptible to termites, carpenter ants, and various forms of rot.

    Even worse, when many logs are added together, the problems multiply.

  9. Re:Shutdown versus power off by Marillion · · Score: 4, Funny
    Hard drives with voicecoil head positioning (some 99.99% of them sold in the past 10 years) will autopark on poweroff. The real risk is how much latency the os has between when an application saved it's data and when the buffers are flushed.

    Some applications keep files open for a long time: MySQL, gDBM-based apps, Squid. Most of those application implement their own mini-filesystems within a file optimised for task. These systems are supposed to preserve their integrity by journaling their modifications in case the underlying os doesn't.

    Switching off a computer because it has a journaling filesystem is like stopping a car by driving into a something because it has seat belts.

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  10. Re:Bloat? by Alien+Being · · Score: 5, Funny

    /. is a journaled website. We can't scratch your previous post. Years from now you will be able to come back and show your grandchildren how silly you were.

  11. Re:Data is the new currency my friend by Old+Wolf · · Score: 4, Funny

    I keep all my original digital photos (in .tiff format) along with full-quality movies and all the games I've ever played back to Duke Nukem on 80x386 on a RAID array that's grown to nearly 2 terabytes.

    So, basically, you're going to keep Duke Nukem forever?