What file systems are you using on your devices and why?
What file systems are you using on your devices and why?
I want to learn more about file systems from the practical point of view so I know what to expect, how to approach them and what experience positive or negative you had / have.
I found this wikipedia's comparison but I want your hands-on views.
For now my mental list is
- NTFS - for some reason TVs on USB love these and also Windows + Linux can read and write this
- Ext4 - solid fs with journaling but Linux specific
- Btrfs - some modern fs with snapshot capability, Linux specific
- xfs - servers really like these as they are performant, Linux specific
- FAT32 - limited but recognizable everywhere
- exFAT - like FAT32 but less recognizable and less limited
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F2FS, because solid state and speed
Oh never heard of it. How's your environment suited for it then? Give some details please.
not sure what you want to know...
- have a solid state drive
- format it as f2fs
done; just use it normally
Do you use it for USBs NVMe and SSDs or SSDs exclusive on the main system?
FAT32 for USBs, as I frequently need them to be bootable.
F2FS for my M.2 NVMes, desktop and laptop, but would also use it on SATA SSDs as they're all flash.