Know Types of Linux Filesystems

by Lamichhane Rabins | August 30, 2016 | Computers / Knowledge / Linux / Unix | 0 Comments

I have listed 20 different Linux file systems.

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Types of Linux Filesystems

The table below provides the description for various types of filesystems.

S.N.	Filesystem	Description
1	ext	It’s a Linux Extended Filesystem (the original Linux file system).
2	ext2	It’s the Second Extended file system which provided advanced features over the ‘ext’ filesystem.
3	ext3	It’s the Third Extended Filesystem supporting journaling.
4	ext4	It’s the Fourth extended Filesystem, that supports advanced journaling.
5	hpfs	It’s an OS/2 high-performance filesystem.
6	jfs	IBM’s Journaled File System or JFS is a 64-bit journaling file system.
7	iso9660	It’s an ISO 9660 file system for CD-ROMs.
8	minix	It’s a MINIX filesystem.
9	msdos	It’s Microsoft’s FAT16.
10	ncp	It’s a Netware filesystem.
11	nfs	It stands for Network File System.
12	ntfs	It is a support for Microsoft NT filesystem.
13	proc	It’s used to access the system information.
14	ReiserFS	This is an advanced filesystem of Linux for better performance and disk recovery.
15	smb	Samba or SMB filesystem is used to access network.
16	sysv	It’s an Older filesystem in Unix.
17	ufs	It’s a BSD Fast File System or FFS) is a file system used by many Unix and Unix-like operating systems. It is a distant descendant of the original filesystem used by Version 7 Unix.
18	umsdos	It’s an Unix-like filesystem that resides on top of MS-DOS
19	vfat	Windows 95 filesystem (FAT32)
20	XFS	XFS is a high-performance 64-bit journaling file system created by Silicon Graphics, Inc (SGI) in 1993. It was the default file system in the SGI’s IRIX operating system starting with its version 5.3; the file system was ported to the Linux kernel in 2001.