ReiserFS

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ReiserFS is a journaling file system for Linux known for its efficient handling of small files and advanced tree-based storage structures.

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Statements (51)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Linux file system
journaling file system
blockAllocationStrategy tail packing into blocks
comparedTo JFS
XFS
ext2
ext3
dataStructure items stored in a single tree
keys used for object ordering
designGoal efficient handling of small files
high performance
space efficiency
developer Namesys
doesNotSupportFeature 64-bit timestamps (Y2038-safe on 32-bit)
online shrink
fileName reiserfs
fileSystemType log-structured-like
hasVersion ReiserFS v3
introducedInKernelVersion Linux 2.4
journalLocation on-disk journal
journalMode metadata-only journaling
kernelConfigurationOption CONFIG_REISERFS_FS
kernelSupportRemovedIn Linux 6.6
knownFor complex on-disk format
good performance with many small files
license GNU General Public License
maximumFileSize 8 TiB (on typical 4 KiB block size)
maximumVolumeSize 16 TiB (on typical 4 KiB block size)
mountOption barrier
data=ordered
data=writeback
notail
operatingSystem Linux
originalAuthor Hans Reiser
status deprecated in Linux kernel
maintenance mode
storageStructure B+ tree
balanced tree
successor Reiser4
supports ACLs
POSIX permissions
extended attributes
supportsFeature B+ tree based storage
dynamic inode allocation
efficient small file storage
journaling
metadata journaling
online resize (grow)
tail packing
targetUseCase general-purpose Linux file system
workloads with many small files

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
GNU GRUB
Linux
supportsFileSystem
ReiserFS ("reiserfs")
fileName
ReiserFS ("ReiserFS v3")
hasVersion

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