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-============
- Filesystem
-============
-For details on file systems when configuring a cluster See
-`Hard Disk and File System Recommendations`_ .
-
-.. tip:: We recommend configuring Ceph to use the ``XFS`` file system in
- the near term, and ``btrfs`` in the long term once it is stable
- enough for production.
-
-Before ``ext3``, ``ReiserFS`` was the only journaling file system available for
-Linux. However, ``ext3`` doesn't provide Extended Attribute (XATTR) support.
-While ``ext4`` provides XATTR support, it only allows XATTRs up to 4kb. The
-4kb limit is not enough for RADOS GW ACLs, snapshots, and other features. As of
-version 0.45, Ceph provides a ``leveldb`` feature for ``ext4`` file systems
-that stores XATTRs in excess of 4kb in a ``leveldb`` database.
-
-The ``XFS`` and ``btrfs`` file systems provide numerous advantages in highly
-scaled data storage environments when `compared`_ to ``ext3`` and ``ext4``.
-Both ``XFS`` and ``btrfs`` are `journaling file systems`_, which means that
-they are more robust when recovering from crashes, power outages, etc. These
-filesystems journal all of the changes they will make before performing writes.
-
-``XFS`` was developed for Silicon Graphics, and is a mature and stable
-filesystem. By contrast, ``btrfs`` is a relatively new file system that aims
-to address the long-standing wishes of system administrators working with
-large scale data storage environments. ``btrfs`` has some unique features
-and advantages compared to other Linux filesystems.
-
-``btrfs`` is a `copy-on-write`_ filesystem. It supports file creation
-timestamps and checksums that verify metadata integrity, so it can detect
-bad copies of data and fix them with the good copies. The copy-on-write
-capability means that ``btrfs`` can support snapshots that are writable.
-``btrfs`` supports transparent compression and other features.
-
-``btrfs`` also incorporates multi-device management into the file system,
-which enables you to support heterogeneous disk storage infrastructure,
-data allocation policies. The community also aims to provide ``fsck``,
-deduplication, and data encryption support in the future. This compelling
-list of features makes ``btrfs`` the ideal choice for Ceph clusters.
-
-.. _copy-on-write: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copy-on-write
-.. _Hard Disk and File System Recommendations: ../../config-cluster/file-system-recommendations
-.. _compared: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems
-.. _journaling file systems: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journaling_file_system