In a journaling file system, changes to files and directories are first recorded in the journal. This journal acts as a buffer, ensuring that file system operations are either completed or undone in ...

Samsung has submitted a new "flash-friendly" file system to the Linux Kernel tree thanks to their codesmith Jaegeuk Kim. The new file system has been dubbed F2FS (flash-friendly file system) and is an ...

After getting delayed a couple of days, the Linux 3.8 kernel is all polished and ready to go, Linus Torvalds announced. The big new feature in the 3.8 kernel is F2FS (Flash-Friendly File system), a ...

BANGALORE, INDIA: Open Source treats everything as either a file or a directory. Even hardware is considered a file and is kept in a directory. Therefore, a file system is an organization of data and ...

Samsung has designed and launched a new file system with a singular aim in mind: improving the longevity and performance of NAND flash-based storage devices. Dubbed the Flash-Friendly File System, or ...

Ryan is a tech/science writer, skeptic, lover of all things electronic, and Android fan. In his spare time he reads golden-age sci-fi and sleeps, but rarely at the same time. His wife tolerates him as ...

I use Thunderbird for email, and it makes ginormous mailbox files. My Inbox is several GB. If I get a 1 KB email, the entire file is now "changed" and TM backs up the entire thing to my Time Capsule.

It's the day after Independence Day in the US, and much of our staff is just returning to their preferred work machines. If this was 1997 instead of 2018, that would mean booting up BeOS for some. The ...

Samsung codesmith Jaegeuk Kim has submitted a new "flash-friendly" file system to the Linux Kernel tree. The new file system, coined F2FS (flash-friendly file system), is actually open source and is ...

Samsung has come up with a new flash-friendly file system for NAND flash memory-based storage devices such as SSDs, SD cards and eMMCs. Called Samsung has come up with a new “flash-friendly” file ...