2 File system properties

Before we evaluate individual file systems, let us first enumerate important properties of file systems.

 2.1 Maximum file size
 2.2 Maximum file system size
 2.3 Journaling
 2.4 Security
  2.4.1 Access control
  2.4.2 Encryption
 2.5 Efficiency (Performance)
 2.6 Maturity
 2.7 Online resizing
 2.8 Defragmentation
 2.9 Snapshotting