Tag: Filesystem
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Bcachefs Relaunches with DKMS Packages After Linux Kernel Exclusion; Early Benchmarks Show Major Performance Gains
The bcachefs filesystem, now developed outside the Linux kernel, has released its first set of packages for live loading via DKMS. This move came in response to the community’s decision: in kernel version 6.17, the bcachefs code remained unchanged from 6.16, while Kent Overstreet had already promised weeks earlier that the new version would be…
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Linux Kernel 6.17 Delivers “Wild Gains” for EXT4: Major Performance Boosts for Servers & Containers
The new Linux kernel version 6.17 introduces substantial enhancements to the EXT4 file system, significantly boosting the performance of servers equipped with numerous CPU cores and running large volumes of containers. These advancements refine data block allocation algorithms and improve handling of large memory blocks. Baokun Li, an engineer at Huawei, identified scalability issues within…