Log-Structure File Systems

CSC 213 - Operating Systems and Parallel Algorithms - Weinman



Answer the following questions. Record your answers in your Reading Journal.
  1. Select one sentence that best illustrates the use of a principle employed by the log-structured file system that you have seen used elsewhere in systems. Briefly (3-5 sentences) explain why you chose this sentence.
  2. In your own words,
    1. write one sentence that details the most important contribution of the LFS, and
    2. write another sentence that details the most critical caveat of the LFS.

Acknowledgment

Questions 1 is adapted from another by Mark Hoffman.