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[News] Quality and Choice of Filesystems (Linux) versus Ubiquitous Filesystems (Windows)

Why so many filesystems for Linux? What?s the difference?

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|     * EXT3       
| 
|         * Most popular Linux file system, limited scalability in size and 
|         number of files       
|         * Journaled       
|         * POSIX extended access control
| 
|     EXT3
|     file system is a journaled file system that has the greatest use in
|     Linux today. It is the "Linux" File system. It is quite robust and
|     quick, although it does not scale well to large volumes nor a great
|     number of files. Recently a scalability feature was added called
|     htrees, which significantly improved EXT3's scalability.
| 
| 
| [...]
| 
|     * FAT32       
| 
|         * Most limited file system, but most ubiquitous       
|         * Not Journaled       
|         * No access controls
| 
|     FAT32
|     is the crudest of the file systems listed. Its popularity is with its
|     widespread use and popularity in the Windows desktop world and that it
|     has made its way into being the file system in flash RAM devices
|     (digital cameras, USB memory sticks, etc.). It has no built in security
|     access control, so is small and works well in these portable and
|     embedded applications. It scales the least of the file systems listed.
|     Most systems have FAT32 compatibility support due to its ubiquity.
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http://kevin.hatfieldfamilysite.com/?p=104

Wow! Still haven't resolved some very fundamental issues that require system
'maintenenace'...

IObit Defrags Microsoft's Windows Vista with Technically Savvy and
Alternative Freeware

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| Fragmentation is a major cause of computer performance degradation.
| Heavy fragmentation can cause applications to slow down, and Windows
| Vista system unstable.
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http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2007/2/emw503983.htm

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