Filesystems - looking forward








Further ext2/3/4 improvements
Linked writes, continuation inodes, etc.
-> Val Henson Thu 1500 rm A
Metadata storage optimizations
Better resistance to I/O errors

reiser4
Still stalled getting into the kernel

Filesystem X
Still to be begun

"We're continuing to nurse along a few basically- 15-year-old filesystems while we do have the brains, manpower and processes to implement a new, really great one."
-- Andrew Morton