A Brief History of the BSD Fast Filesystem by Marshall Kirk McKusick
What it is
Marshall Kirk McKusick gives a talk at EuroBSDCon tracing filesystem and storage development from 1979 to today, using the BSD Fast Filesystem as the focus. It covers early disk-geometry optimization through later contiguous layout and small-file performance work.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Pointed to as the authoritative history of FFS from one of its original creators.
- 1 people recommended it
- 1 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2020, last 2023
What HN commenters said
“For more history, perhaps see "A Brief History of the BSD Fast Filesystem by Marshall Kirk McKusick"”
McKusick's history of the BSD Fast Filesystem.
throw0101a, 2023-05 · Recommendation · in “50 years in filesystems: 1984 BSD FFS”
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Topics: bsd ffs, unix, filesystems, storage, mckusick
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