Samsung Introduces New Linux File-System: F2FS

[ownagefool]

Well frankly, sometimes it's even worse, it might take 3-4 seconds to delete a few files worth of like 6GB, while on a window$ system it takes less than a second to do the same thing, often in a blink of an eye.

My windows doesn't delete 6GB of data instantly (not saying yours doesn't, but mines doesn't). Sure, it'll move it to the bin quickly, but if I ask for an actual delete, I'll need to wait a few seconds.

[mark45]

As in takes 1 second as opposed to 0.1 seconds?

Well frankly, sometimes it's even worse, it might take 3-4 seconds to delete a few files worth of like 6GB, while on a window$ system it takes less than a second to do the same thing, often in a blink of an eye.

[curaga]

Unlike lanyardfs, this one actually has a point. It'll maximize the life of the flash.

btrfs will not do that. Any generic fs will not do that.

[schmidtbag]

Another filesystem..

offtopic: why does it take (much) longer to delete files on Linux filesystems than on window$' Fat32/NTFS? Even from Linux deleting from the fat32/ntfs happens quickly, while on ext4/btrs it's like 10-100 times slower.

Perhaps journaling has something to do with it.


I too am rolling my eyes at another FS. Seriously why are all of these new ones being made? We need to get rid of others and combine them with the currently best ones. btrfs is really the only new FS that shouldn't be discarded since it seems to combine every feature of every FS known. Doesn't it even have an option for flash memory?

[GreatEmerald]

offtopic: why does it take (much) longer to delete files on Linux filesystems than on window$' Fat32/NTFS? Even from Linux deleting from the fat32/ntfs happens quickly, while on ext4/btrs it's like 10-100 times slower.

As in takes 1 second as opposed to 0.1 seconds?

[mark45]

Another filesystem..

offtopic: why does it take (much) longer to delete files on Linux filesystems than on window$' Fat32/NTFS? Even from Linux deleting from the fat32/ntfs happens quickly, while on ext4/btrs it's like 10-100 times slower.

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Samsung Introduces New Linux File-System: F2FS

Announced this morning on the kernel mailing list was F2FS, a new open-source Linux file-system that comes courtesy of Samsung...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTE5OTY