Question

Develop a one-page paper that provides a definition of file system, an overview of it's purpose and a table of common file systems with a brief description on the UNIX/Linux platforms (provide 5 such as extented, Zfs, etc) and the Microsoft platforms (FAT, NTFS).

Please be different than the one already on chegg.

Answer 1

Definition

A file system is a fuction of operating system or a process that manages data on the system how and where to store data on a storage device such that hard disk ,ssd. It is a logical system which manage the storage device internal operations.

Overiew of File system

1. It manages the data of system that is how it is read, write, modify , and access.

2. It is basically a logical structure behind the system that it is how stores and organiise the data

3. To maintain the integrity of data file system is used.

A table of common file systems with a brief description on the UNIX/Linux platforms

UXIX/Linux Platform	Description
Ext, Ext2,Ext3 and Ext4	The file system Ext is an acronym of exxtended file system. It was made for MINIX OS. This file sytem is too old. currently not in use. Ext2 is the file system which provide the facility to manage upto 2 TB of data Ext3 is the modified of next version of Ext2 the disadvantage of ext3 that is is not compatible with server. Ext4 is one of the fastest of all ext file system. It is compatiblw with ssd and now it is the linux defaulf file system
JFS File System	JFS is an acronym of journaled file system. it is made up by IBM for AIX Unix. It comes as an replacement of Ext file system, because of its higher stability with fewresources. It is a good file system when Hardware or resource power are limited.
XFS File system	XFS is an acronym of Extent file system. It can be says as a super high-speed JFS, It is made for doing parallel processing with ease, This file sytem is used by the NASA to manage their 300TB+ storage servers
Btrfs File system	Btrfs is an acronym of B tree file system. It is developed for the follwing purposes like: System repairing, fault tolerance , extensive storage configuration and etc, but it can not be considered as a productive system
Swap file System	It is the file system which is made for the purpose of memory paging in Linux OS at the state of hibernation. To make a system that does not goes in that hibernate must have swap area equal to its primary memory i,e. RAM

A table of common file systems with a brief description on the Windows platforms

Windows Platform	Description
FAT	It is an acronym of File allocation system is a legacy file system that is so simple and efficient. It provides the good performace in terms of relibility and scalability with few resorces but not provide as of new file systems.
NTFS	NTFS is an acronym of New technology file system. it is one of the modern file sytem which is made up by the microsoft. It is default file system of Window NT OS's it is better than the FAT and HPFS in terms of permormance ,relibility and scalabilty.

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