Filesystem

A filesystem is a means to organize data expected to be retained after a program terminates by providing procedures to store, retrieve, and update data as well as manage the available space on the device(s) which contain it.

Filesystems
Disk filesystems:


 * ext4 - The default, GPL licensed journaling filesystem for many Linux distributions.
 * JFS - A GPL licensed, 64-bit journaling filesystem developed by Intel.
 * Btrfs - A copy-on-write B-tree filesystem with advanced features.
 * NTFS - Microsoft Windows default filesystem.
 * SquashFS - A compressed read-only file system for Linux
 * XFS - A GPL licensed, 64-bit journaling filesystem created by Silicon Graphics.
 * ZFS - A CDDL (non-GPL compatible) licensed, copy-on-write filesystem created by Sun Microsystems.

Virtual filesystems:


 * procfs - Used to output and change of system and process information.
 * sysfs - Used to output information about and to configure devices and drivers.
 * tmpfs - Used to store files in memory (RAM).

Network filesystems:


 * NFSv4 - A common Linux network filesystem.