FFSv2

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Fast File System variant Unix file system file system

FFSv2 is the second-generation Fast File System used by NetBSD and other BSD-derived operating systems, offering improved performance, larger file and filesystem size support, and enhanced reliability over the original FFS.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
FFSv2 canonical 2
FFS2 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Fast File System variant ⓘ
Unix file system ⓘ
file system ⓘ
backwardCompatibleWith FFS ⓘ
basedOn Berkeley Fast File System ⓘ
category BSD file system ⓘ
journal-capable file system (with appropriate layers) ⓘ
dataStructure directory entry ⓘ
inode ⓘ
superblock ⓘ
designGoal improve performance over original FFS ⓘ
improve reliability over original FFS ⓘ
improve scalability over original FFS ⓘ
developer NetBSD ⓘ
surface form: NetBSD project
fileSystemType block-based file system ⓘ
fullName Fast File System ⓘ
surface form: Fast File System version 2
generation Amiga Fast File System (later versions) ⓘ
surface form: second-generation Fast File System
introducedIn NetBSD ⓘ
surface form: NetBSD 2.0 (as a stable, widely used option)
isVersionOf FFS ⓘ
license BSD license ⓘ
surface form: BSD-style license (via NetBSD kernel licensing)
mountableOn FreeBSD ⓘ
surface form: FreeBSD kernel

NVMM (NetBSD Virtual Machine Monitor) ⓘ
surface form: NetBSD kernel

OpenBSD kernel ⓘ
optimizedFor Unix-like operating systems ⓘ
general-purpose workloads ⓘ
large filesystems ⓘ
supports UNIX file permissions ⓘ
hard links ⓘ
hierarchical directories ⓘ
large number of inodes ⓘ
large partitions beyond 2 TB (on 64-bit platforms) ⓘ
quotas (on some BSDs) ⓘ
symbolic links ⓘ
supportsFeature 64-bit block numbers ⓘ
enhanced reliability ⓘ
extended attributes (on some BSDs) ⓘ
improved performance ⓘ
journaling (on some BSDs via WAPBL or gjournal-like layers) ⓘ
larger file sizes ⓘ
larger filesystem sizes ⓘ
larger inodes ⓘ
snapshots (on some BSDs) ⓘ
soft updates ⓘ
usedBy FreeBSD ⓘ
NetBSD ⓘ
OpenBSD ⓘ
other BSD-derived operating systems ⓘ
uses block and fragment allocation ⓘ
cylinder groups ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

NetBSD/mac68k → supportsFileSystem → FFSv2 ⓘ
OpenBSD → supportsFileSystem → FFSv2 ⓘ
this entity surface form: FFS2
NetBSD → supportsFileSystem → FFSv2 ⓘ