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A Brief History of the BSD Fast Filesystem by Marshall Kirk McKusick

EuroBSDCon · talk · Watch on YouTube

Databases & storageOperating systems & kernelsHistory of computing

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.

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What HN commenters said

  1. “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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