Talk:JFS (file system)

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Contents 1 Jews Free School, Journaling File System, disambiguation needed or just deleted a link? 2 Article name? 3 compression 4 Two "contagious space", illness is spreading...

[edit] Jews Free School, Journaling File System, disambiguation needed or just deleted a link?

I think, the last edit, has nothing to do here.

Should be removed?

—Claunia 12:47, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

My initials are JFS

[edit] Article name?

Why is this article called "IBM Journaled File System 2 (JFS2)"? Nowhere in the article is "JFS2" mentioned or discussed. Nor should there be an acronym in the page title. I'd move it to "Journaled File System", but that page already exists (and redirects HERE?). What the heck?—Kbolino 01:39, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

The name certainly doesn't need the extra "(JFS2)" in it. JFS2 should simply be a redirect (as indeed it is). And I'm not sure this name needs the "IBM". I think that "Journaled File System" might be somewhat confusing, as other journaling file systems are sometimes called that, but I would strongly recommend the name Journaled File System 2 (keeping the "2", as that is a valid part of the name). Xtifr _tälk 00:18, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

I believe it is called JFS2 only under AIX where also the ancient JFS1 file system exists (hence, there is a need to distinguish these two file systems). For other operating systems (OS/2 and Linux to name) there is only one JFS file system which is called simply "JFS" (despite that it is based on JFS2 sources from AIX). So, I would vote to drop "2" from the main article name and call it simply "Journaled File System (JFS)". The extra "(JFS)" is needed here to avoid confusion with the journaled file system as a type of file systems. Another option is the name "JFS file system" (which sounds even better to me). Maxal 00:24, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

This is an interesting issue. I added journaled file system to the JFS disambigation page. I also added JFS2 to the journaled file system page itself, too. --Unixguy 16:49, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

The current name JFS file system is really dumb. Literally we are saying "journaled file system file system" can we at least switch it to Journaled File System (IBM) or Journaled File System (UNIX). --vossman 04:03, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

JFS file system sounds OK to me. What wrong about it? JFS is the subject of this article and file system is a specification that helps to distinguish the file system from other JFS means (see JFS). Perhaps, JFS (file system) would be a bit better but I do not see much difference.

But the names Journaled File System (IBM) or Journaled File System (UNIX) are inappropriate since JFS is not a property of IBM anymore and it is not an UNIX term either. Maxal 10:34, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

I can agree on JFS (file system). --vossman 15:44, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] compression

A JFS supports - Compressed file systems OK for single user workstation Fine for off-line backup areas Otherwise avoid - eats CPU time

http://www-941.ibm.com/collaboration/wiki/display/WikiPtype/JFS —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.58.242.213 (talk) 14:01, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

I have added a note on compression feature. Maxal (talk) 19:53, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Two "contagious space", illness is spreading...

Extents:

contagious space -> contigous space  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.149.223.5 (talk) 15:49, 15 February 2008 (UTC)