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Log-structured filesystem

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A log-structured filesystem is a generalization of a journaling filesystem. In a log-structured filesystem, rather than being a conventional filesystem with an added journal log, the journal log itself is used as the fundamental basis for the filesystem.

External links

M. Rosenblum and J. Ousterhout. The design and implementation of a log-structured file system. Proceedings of the 13th Symposium on Operating System Principles, pages 1-15, October 1991.

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