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Btrfs

file system based on the copy-on-write principle using B-trees, developed at Oracle since 2007
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Btrfs

Summary

Btrfs is a journaling file system[1]. Btrfs draws 950 Wikipedia views per month (journaling_file_system category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • Btrfs's image is recorded as Btrfs filesystem usage screenshot.png[3].
  • Btrfs's instance of is recorded as journaling file system[4].
  • Btrfs's instance of is recorded as multi-device file system[5].
  • Btrfs's developer is recorded as Oracle Corporation[6].
  • Btrfs's developer is recorded as Fujitsu[7].
  • Btrfs's developer is recorded as Red Hat[8].
  • Btrfs's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License[9].
  • Btrfs's operating system is recorded as Linux[10].
  • Btrfs's operating system is recorded as Q234025[11].
  • Btrfs's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows[12].
  • Btrfs's software version identifier is recorded as 5.16[13].
  • Btrfs's Commons category is recorded as Btrfs[14].
  • Btrfs's publication date is recorded as +2009-03-00T00:00:00Z[15].
  • Btrfs's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02vw3jq[16].
  • Btrfs's official website is recorded as https://btrfs.readthedocs.io/[17].
  • Btrfs's title is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'Btrfs'}[18].
  • Btrfs's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/btrfs[19].
  • Btrfs's has characteristic is recorded as copy-on-write[20].
  • Btrfs's has characteristic is recorded as filesystem-level encryption[21].
  • Btrfs's has characteristic is recorded as data deduplication[22].
  • Btrfs's has characteristic is recorded as filesystem-level compression[23].
  • Btrfs's uses is recorded as copy-on-write[24].
  • Btrfs's Quora topic ID is recorded as Btrfs[25].
  • Btrfs's maximum size or capacity is recorded as {'unit': 'Q79745', 'amount': '+16'}[26].
  • Btrfs's maximum size or capacity is recorded as {'unit': 'Q79745', 'amount': '+16'}[27].

Body

Publication

Btrfs's publication date is recorded as +2009-03-00T00:00:00Z[15].

Why It Matters

Btrfs draws 950 Wikipedia views per month (journaling_file_system category, ranking #1 of 3).[2] Btrfs has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Btrfs is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Btrfs has been cited as an influence by Bcachefs[30], a multi-device file system[31].

FAQs

Who did Btrfs influence?

Btrfs has been cited as an influence by Bcachefs[30].

Related Entities

Bcachefs Fujitsu journaling file system Linux Microsoft Windows multi-device file system Oracle Corporation ReactOS Red Hat

References

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  11. [13] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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