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A Brief History of the BSD Fast Filesystem by Marshall Kirk McKusick
EuroBSDCon
Marshall Kirk McKusick gives a talk at EuroBSDCon tracing filesystem and storage development from 1979 to today, using the BSD Fast Filesystem as the focus. It covers early disk-geometry optimization through later contiguous layout and small-file performance work.
Pointed to as the authoritative history of FFS from one of its original creators.
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