What you need to know about local filesystems This recipe will discuss the differences between local and remote filesystems, as well as the core differences between Btrfs and ZFS. The backbone of an operating system (OS) is the local filesystem. It enables efficient storage and management of files and directories on a computer or server […]
Month: January 2021
What you need to know about local filesystems 2 – Creating and Managing Single-Instance Filesystems
How to do it… Oracle Linux by default uses the XFS filesystem, but when doing the installation, you can use Btrfs as the root filesystem. If you want to use XFS as the boot filesystem, install it as you normally would. If you want to use Btrfs, then you should continue. Note Your boot filesystem […]