Tag: filesystem

Stratis layers XFS over device-mapper thin pools instead of copying Btrfs. What the trade costs you on RHEL, Rocky, and Alma, and which one to run in 2026.

Linux filesystem comparison: ext4 for safety, XFS for scale, ZFS for snapshots, Btrfs for flexibility. Pick the right tool for your workload.

ZFS tuning for flash: ARC sizing, recordsize, autotrim, sync modes, and SLOG advice, plus why defaults written for spinning disks waste an NVMe pool.

ZFS is the paranoid fortress of filesystems. Btrfs is the scrappy upstart built into your kernel. Here's which one belongs in your home lab.

Tmpfs vs ramfs on Linux: mount RAM-backed filesystems for blazing-fast temp storage. Covers fstab, Docker tmpfs mounts, CI/CD use cases, and the key differences.

What is lost+found and why does it exist? fsck puts recovered file fragments there after a crash, and no, you can't delete it.

Rename files to remove spaces and special characters using bash, rename, tr, and parameter expansion patterns for bulk file cleanup.