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Berkeley Fast File System

The Berkeley Fast File System (or FFS) is a file system used mostly by Unix operating systems. It is an addition to UFS that provides optimisation.

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External Links

• Marshall Kirk McKusick, William N. Joy, Samuel J. Leffler and Robert S. Fabry. A Fast File System for UNIX. Transactions on Computer Systems, vol. 2, num. 3, Aug. 1984, pp. 181-197.
• The Linux Documentation Project's Filesystems HOWTO: FFS.
• Little UFS2 FAQ: What is the difference between UFS and FFS?

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