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The Hairy State of Linux Filesystems

Posted by timothy on from the when-shrinkage-is-what-you-want dept.

RazvanM writes "Do the OSes really shrink? Perhaps the user space (MySQL, CUPS) is getting slimmer, but how about the internals? Using as a metric the number of external calls between the filesystem modules and the rest of the Linux kernel I argue that this is not the case. The evidence is a graph that shows the evolution of 15 filesystems from 2.6.11 to 2.6.28 along with the current state (2.6.28) for 24 filesystems. Some filesystems that stand out are: nfs for leading in both number of calls and speed of growth; ext4 and fuse for their above-average speed of growth and 9p for its roller coaster path."

2 of 187 comments (clear)

  1. Re:"Size" and "simple" is not so easily measured. by sexconker · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ""Size" and "simple" is not so easily measured."

    Says the retard with the tiny dick.

  2. You see, this is "you guys" problem by PaulCarroll · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This is where you *nix people do yourselves in for winning over the rest of the tech population, one word "homogeneity". As a "Windows Boy" I don't have to worry about bollocks like this. I have enough trouble working with the variances involved with Windows machines (their hardware and software) when I deploy an application... nevermind having to also worry about miriad filesystems and kernels compiled a L33T HAXOR. ** END RANT ** And for anyone about to say Apple/Mac... I'll stop myself right there.