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SUMMARY:Btrfs - Joe Malt\, Churchill College
DTSTART:20171011T180000Z
DTEND:20171011T183000Z
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CONTACT:Matthew Ireland
DESCRIPTION:Btrfs is a relatively new filesystem\, developed with the inte
 ntion of becoming the default choice for Linux systems.\n\nWhilst not yet 
 finished\, it introduces some exciting features not found in other filesys
 tems\, such as snapshots\, storage pooling and data checksumming. In this 
 talk\, we shall look at some of these features\, and the details of how th
 ey are implemented. Of particular interest is the Copy-on-Write system\, a
 nd the novel use cases this enables\, such as live snapshots of a running 
 system. These features will be illustrated by live demonstration.\n\nWe wi
 ll explore the technical details of how Btrfs is implemented\, which diffe
 r significantly from other common file systems such as NTFS and Ext3. We w
 ill also consider the issues caused by the design of Btrfs\, such as diffi
 culty in determining free space.\n\nFinally\, we shall consider whether Bt
 rfs is ready for production use.
LOCATION:Wolfson Hall\, Churchill College
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