Computer Science · Operating Systems
A topic within Operating Systems, itself one of 11 topics in that field and part of Computer Science.
2 works
Marshall K. McKusick, William N. Joy, Samuel J. Leffler & Robert S. Fabry
Redesigns UNIX file layout around cylinder groups and larger blocks, and explains why disk locality dominates file system design.
link checked 17 Sept 2026Mendel Rosenblum & John K. Ousterhout
Proposes writing all file system modifications sequentially to a log rather than updating data in place, arguing this exploits growing memory for caching and rising disk bandwidth far better than traditional file systems do.