4 MAJOR LINUX FILE SYSTEM: EXT4 , XFS, ZFS, BTRFS

Hey Guys! Welcome to XPSTECH. In today's video, we will talk about the 4 Major Linux File Systems. A File system is one of the most important aspects that affect system performance, reliability, security, and efficiency. It controls how data is stored and retrieved from a storage drive.
Windows and Mac OS use proprietary File Systems like NTFS or APFS.

Linux provides a variety of File System options that you can select as per your requirements. In this video, we will cover 4 Major Linux File systems. We will talk about their Disk Layout, Storage architecture, and Features.

0:00 Intro
1:36 File System 101
3:35 EXT 4
6:42 XFS
9:37 ZFS
12:32 BTRFS

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[meeDamian]

From my unfortunate experience, indian accent is a good predictor of low quality content on YT, so I can't even express how happy I was to watch this amazing, extremely informative, concise yet comprehensive summary–thank you so much 🙇🏻‍♂️ !

[cebas]

I've been searching for clear explanation about current file systems for a couple of hours... and too be honest your video nailed it completely, thanks for sharing and enlighten our minds with your knowledge buddy!

[matthewjbarron]

This is a fantastic video! I love how clearly you explain these linux filesystems. Thank you!

[danielgx]

this is so much information for just 1 subject, storage.

wow thanks bro

[OpenGLever]

Very good in depth video. Thank you!
But there is one thing to correct. btrfs is only better on paper, in reality its raid support is still experimental and it has problems using disk space even when it is telling the user, that enough disk space is left. It's not uncommon that it tells you after a copy operation, that it doesn't have enough disk space, even when it is claiming the opposite at first place.
The best FS at the moment of these 4 is ZFS. But because of its license, it can't be incorporated into the Linux kernel. Thus it's only working in user space in Linux.
As a consequence you usually can only choose between ext4 and XFS on Linux, while btrfs is too unreliable. Because of that, Red Hat discarded btrfs on their distribution and switched to XFS.

[MemorysRam]

Startet with XFS over 10 years ago; used EXT4 a while later; nearly started using btrfs in the beginning of 2017 but using ZFS since than and I'm very happy with it! Looking forward to bcachefs in the next few years. Nice video!

[lamcho]

Great video! I really like how you explained what a file system is and the major features and limitations.
I just need to add XFS also supports Copy-on-Write. I think this is important consideration when picking a file system.
Also currently BtrFS has some drawbacks compared to ZFS, namely BtrFS doesn't fully support Encryption, RAID 5/6, adaptive endanness or caching mechanisms like L2ARC or SLOG.
Which are not really big problems though. I like to think of it like this, if it's for home use pick BtfFS, if it's for work or sensitive data pick ZFS.

[alivalizada]

Short but detailed description, thank you for your effort!

[dragonek_gnu_linux_pl]

btrfs with subvolumes are the best choice i think. Now it's working rly good

[a_maxed_out_handle_of__chars]

good video, will study more about the mentioned file systems

[sumitsrivatava]

good video, I've been searching for clear explanation about ex3, xfs and btrfs. thanks!

[Lesterandsons]

Happy to use btrfs for years, saved my life more than once.

[gaborrotics]

Your channel is soo underrated, great videos with clear explanations, thank you!

[xcffee_]

Best video and information around the topic. Thank you so much!

[LanceLovett]

Thank you so much for this video! This is the first time I have seen anyone answer my curiosity about what the difference in each filesystem was and why one would be more desirable than another.
Please keep doing the esoteric topics that many would be interested in but don't know where to get the info.
I am trying to kick my Microsoft habit completely. Unfortunately, I have been a junkie since Dos 2.

[voodoovinny]

Seeing how BTRFS has had a 10x boost with Linux Kernel 6.2... Maybe we need an update on this video.

[UnskippableCinematic]

Amazing and informative video. Thank you.

[mehdimj_ir]

This is wonderful, thanks for detailed explanations.

[Alexandros_Alpha]

Man thank you so much for this video, i always wanted a deeper analysis on Linux filesystems!

[haythemferjani]

A very good explanation. Thank you for that