4

Linux 3.2 goes bigtime on file systems, improves thin provisioning

view full story
linux-howto

http://www.linuxfordevices.com – Linus Torvalds announced the release of the Linux 3.2 kernel, featuring file-system enhancements such as support for Ext4 block sizes up to 1MB, and faster scrubbing with Btrfs. Other Linux 3.2 highlights are said to include process scheduler improvements, better thin provisioning support in the Device Mapper, improved desktop responsiveness for heavy write-backs, and new Wi-Fi and graphics drivers.... (Embedded)

xfrk's picture
Submitted by xfrk on 01/05/2012 – Made popular on 01/05/2012

Stories similar to Linux 3.2 goes bigtime on file systems, improves thin provisioning

Linux kernel 3.2 released 1 year 19 weeks ago

An enhanced Ext4 filesystem, an optimised TCP stack and support for thin provisioning in the Device Mapper are some of the most important new features of the freshly released Linux 3.2.

After another seven Release Candidates, Linus Torvalds proudly announced a few hours ago, May 20th, the immediate availability for download of Linux kernel 3.4. Among the new features incorporated in Linux kernel 3.4 we can mention lots of improvements to the Btrfs filesystem, as well as support for Nvidia GeForce 600 'Kepler', RadeonH... (read more)

Kernel 2.6.36 released 2 years 30 weeks ago

 Nearly twelve weeks after the release of Linux 2.6.5, Linus Torvalds has released Linux 2.6.36. The new version of the Linux kernel includes various performance enhancements and updates, the AppArmor security extension and support for the KDB-KMS-Debug-Shell. Other changes include a new Out-of-Memory (OOM) killer and kernel thread improvements. read more

Finally! We are proud to announce today, July 22nd, the immediate availability for download of the highly anticipated Linux kernel 3.0, announced by its father, Linus Torvalds.Among the new features included in Linux kernel 3.0 we can mention Btrfs data scrubbing and automatic defragmentation, Berkeley Packet Filter JIT fil... (read more)

On March 17, Linus Torvalds announced the immediate availability of the third release candidate in the 3.9 branch of the Linux kernel. According to Linus Torvalds, this latest version of Linux kernel is not big and implements a regular number of changes and improvements. “Not as small as -rc2, but that on... (read more)

Linux Mint 10 is the first version of Linux Mint with built-in support for the B-tree File System (btrfs). Btrfs is one of the newest file systems in the Linux kernel. It is a copy on write file system with the following features: snapshotting and writtable snapshots, object-level mirroring and stripping, file system compression, multi-device [...]

Yet another improved version of the Linux kernel was baked and delivered hot and fresh last night, May 16th, by Linus Torvalds. Linux Kernel 2.6.34 includes now two new filesystems, one for flash drives (LogFS), and Ceph, a distributed network filesystem. The new kernel also includes RCU lockdep, various improvements to the Btrfs filesystem, GPU swi...

Linus Torvalds announced the immediate availability for download of the second released candidate for the Linux 3.7 kernel series.

Linux kernel 3.7 RC2 comes with a lot of new features, according to Linus Torvalds. Among the listed changes, we find that now the "uapi" includes file cleanups.

Linus Torvalds warned us that a... (read more)

LinMin™, maker of award-winning IT automation software LinMin Bare Metal Provisioning™, today announced its support for running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 as well as for the remote provisioning and imaging of systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.