11-05-2015, 02:48 PM
A method of organizing blocks on a storage device into files and directories.
A data structure that translates the physical view of a disc into a logical structure.
The way in which file s are named and where they are placed logically for storage and retrieval.
What Is BTRFS ?
Next Gen. File system for Linux
Also called “BUTTER FS” or “BETTER FS”
Motivated from zfs of Solaris
Support for copy on write
Unlike zfs which is licensed under CDDL(Common Development and Distribution License), Btrfs is GPL licensed
Only test versions are released(accepted in 2.6.29)
It have lots and lots of features compared to extended series